Remove duplicate values from a List in Java
In this article, we will learn how to remove duplicate elements from a list in Java. Below are the some of the solutions.
Plain Java
We can use Set in Collection framework, so we all know that Set doesn’t allow the duplicate elements.
Note: Use HashSet to get Ordered List. To maintain the original order of the list use LinkedHashSet.
// List of elements with duplicate List<Integer> listWithDupli = new ArrayList(Arrays.asList(1, 10, 1, 2, 2, 3, 10, 3, 3, 4, 5, 5));
// Using HashSet List<Integer> listWithoutDupli = new ArrayList<>(new HashSet<>(listWithDuplicates)); // Ouput: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10]
// Using LinkedHashSet List<Integer> orderlistWithoutDupli = new ArrayList<>(new LinkedHashSet<>(listWithDuplicates)); // Output: [1, 10, 2, 3, 4, 5]
Java 8 Stream
We can use Stream.distinct() method from the Stream API. This will return the ordered list without duplicate elements.
// List of elements with duplicate List<Integer> listWithDupli = new ArrayList(Arrays.asList(1, 10, 1, 2, 2, 3, 10, 3, 3, 4, 5, 5)); List<Integer> listWithoutDupli = listWithDuplicates.stream().distinct().collect(Collectors.toList()); // Output: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10]
