[java] How to concat two ArrayLists?

I have two ArrayLists of equal size. List 1 consists of 10 names and list 2 consists of their phone numbers.

I want to concat the names and number into one ArrayList. How do I do this?

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The answer is


If you want to do it one line and you do not want to change list1 or list2 you can do it using stream

List<String> list1 = Arrays.asList("London", "Paris");
List<String> list2 = Arrays.asList("Moscow", "Tver");

List<String> list = Stream.concat(list1.stream(),list2.stream()).collect(Collectors.toList());

ArrayList<String> resultList = new ArrayList<String>();
resultList.addAll(arrayList1);
resultList.addAll(arrayList2);

for a lightweight list that does not copy the entries, you may use sth like this:

List<Object> mergedList = new ConcatList<>(list1, list2);

here the implementation:

public class ConcatList<E> extends AbstractList<E> {

    private final List<E> list1;
    private final List<E> list2;

    public ConcatList(final List<E> list1, final List<E> list2) {
        this.list1 = list1;
        this.list2 = list2;
    }

    @Override
    public E get(final int index) {
        return getList(index).get(getListIndex(index));
    }

    @Override
    public E set(final int index, final E element) {
        return getList(index).set(getListIndex(index), element);
    }

    @Override
    public void add(final int index, final E element) {
        getList(index).add(getListIndex(index), element);
    }

    @Override
    public E remove(final int index) {
        return getList(index).remove(getListIndex(index));
    }

    @Override
    public int size() {
        return list1.size() + list2.size();
    }

    @Override
    public void clear() {
        list1.clear();
        list2.clear();
    }

    private int getListIndex(final int index) {
        final int size1 = list1.size();
        return index >= size1 ? index - size1 : index;
    }

    private List<E> getList(final int index) {
        return index >= list1.size() ? list2 : list1;
    }

}

One ArrayList1 add to data,

mArrayList1.add(data);

and Second ArrayList2 to add other data,

mArrayList2.addAll(mArrayList1);

add one ArrayList to second ArrayList as:

Arraylist1.addAll(Arraylist2);

EDIT : if you want to Create new ArrayList from two existing ArrayList then do as:

ArrayList<String> arraylist3=new ArrayList<String>();

arraylist3.addAll(Arraylist1); // add first arraylist

arraylist3.addAll(Arraylist2); // add Second arraylist

var arr3 = new arraylist();
for(int i=0, j=0, k=0; i<arr1.size()+arr2.size(); i++){
    if(i&1)
        arr3.add(arr1[j++]);
    else
        arr3.add(arr2[k++]);
}

as you say, "the names and numbers beside each other".


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