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Re: Removing an element while iterating over a List with enhanced for?

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From	Knute Johnson <nospam@rabbitbrush.frazmtn.com>
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Subject	Re: Removing an element while iterating over a List with enhanced for?
Date	Thu, 16 Feb 2017 11:17:36 -0600
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On 2/15/2017 21:43, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 2/15/2017 5:56 PM, Knute Johnson wrote:
>> An enhanced for loop on a List is no different than using an Iterator
>> right?  So is there any problem removing the current element from the
>> list while using the enhanced for loop?  I couldn't find anything that
>> said it was OK or not OK in the JLS.
>
>>         List<Integer> list = Stream.of(1,5,7,9,13).collect(toList());
>>
>>         for (Integer i : list)
>>             if (i == 9)
>>                 list.remove(i);
>>
>>         list.forEach(System.out::println);
>>
>>         list = Stream.of(1,5,7,9,13).collect(toList());
>>
>>         Iterator<Integer> iter = list.iterator();
>>
>>         while (iter.hasNext())
>>             if (iter.next() == 9)
>>                 iter.remove();
>>
>>         list.forEach(System.out::println);
>
> Since you are already using streams and lambdas then why not:
>
> list = list.stream().filter(v -> v != 9).collect(toList());
>
> ?
>
> Arne
>
>

That's where I'm going eventually.  The real code is a lot more complex 
and I got distracted by something that shouldn't have worked :-).

-- 

Knute Johnson

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Removing an element while iterating over a List with enhanced for? Knute Johnson <nospam@rabbitbrush.frazmtn.com> - 2017-02-15 16:56 -0600
  Re: Removing an element while iterating over a List with enhanced for? Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2017-02-15 18:24 -0500
    Re: Removing an element while iterating over a List with enhanced for? Knute Johnson <nospam@rabbitbrush.frazmtn.com> - 2017-02-15 17:51 -0600
  Re: Removing an element while iterating over a List with enhanced for? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2017-02-15 22:43 -0500
    Re: Removing an element while iterating over a List with enhanced for? Knute Johnson <nospam@rabbitbrush.frazmtn.com> - 2017-02-16 11:17 -0600
      Re: Removing an element while iterating over a List with enhanced for? Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2017-02-16 18:30 +0100
        Re: Removing an element while iterating over a List with enhanced for? Knute Johnson <nospam@rabbitbrush.frazmtn.com> - 2017-02-16 11:35 -0600
        Re: Removing an element while iterating over a List with enhanced for? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2017-02-16 14:02 -0500
        Re: Removing an element while iterating over a List with enhanced for? v_borchert@despammed.com (Volker Borchert) - 2017-02-16 20:09 +0000
          Re: Removing an element while iterating over a List with enhanced for? Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2017-02-16 23:21 +0100

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