How do I remove repeated elements from ArrayList?

If you don't want duplicates in a Collection, you should consider why you're using a Collection that allows duplicates. The easiest way to remove repeated elements is to add the contents to a Set (which will not allow duplicates) and then add the Set back to the ArrayList:

Set<String> set = new HashSet<>(yourList);
yourList.clear();
yourList.addAll(set);

Of course, this destroys the ordering of the elements in the ArrayList.

Although converting the ArrayList to a HashSet effectively removes duplicates, if you need to preserve insertion order, I'd rather suggest you to use this variant

// list is some List of Strings
Set<String> s = new LinkedHashSet<>(list);

Then, if you need to get back a List reference, you can use again the conversion constructor.

If you don't want duplicates, use a Set instead of a List. To convert a List to a Set you can use the following code:

// list is some List of Strings
Set<String> s = new HashSet<String>(list);

If really necessary you can use the same construction to convert a Set back into a List.

Here's a way that doesn't affect your list ordering:

ArrayList l1 = new ArrayList();
ArrayList l2 = new ArrayList();

Iterator iterator = l1.iterator();

while (iterator.hasNext()) {
    YourClass o = (YourClass) iterator.next();
    if(!l2.contains(o)) l2.add(o);
}

l1 is the original list, and l2 is the list without repeated items (Make sure YourClass has the equals method according to what you want to stand for equality)

Probably a bit overkill, but I enjoy this kind of isolated problem. :)

This code uses a temporary Set (for the uniqueness check) but removes elements directly inside the original list. Since element removal inside an ArrayList can induce a huge amount of array copying, the remove(int)-method is avoided.

public static <T> void removeDuplicates(ArrayList<T> list) {
    int size = list.size();
    int out = 0;
    {
        final Set<T> encountered = new HashSet<T>();
        for (int in = 0; in < size; in++) {
            final T t = list.get(in);
            final boolean first = encountered.add(t);
            if (first) {
                list.set(out++, t);
            }
        }
    }
    while (out < size) {
        list.remove(--size);
    }
}

While we're at it, here's a version for LinkedList (a lot nicer!):

public static <T> void removeDuplicates(LinkedList<T> list) {
    final Set<T> encountered = new HashSet<T>();
    for (Iterator<T> iter = list.iterator(); iter.hasNext(); ) {
        final T t = iter.next();
        final boolean first = encountered.add(t);
        if (!first) {
            iter.remove();
        }
    }
}

Use the marker interface to present a unified solution for List:

public static <T> void removeDuplicates(List<T> list) {
    if (list instanceof RandomAccess) {
        // use first version here
    } else {
        // use other version here
    }
}

EDIT: I guess the generics-stuff doesn't really add any value here.. Oh well. :)

If you are using model type List< T>/ArrayList< T> . Hope,it's help you.

Here is my code without using any other data structure like set or hashmap

for (int i = 0; i < Models.size(); i++){
for (int j = i + 1; j < Models.size(); j++) {       
 if (Models.get(i).getName().equals(Models.get(j).getName())) {    
 Models.remove(j);
   j--;
  }
 }
}

As said before, you should use a class implementing the Set interface instead of List to be sure of the unicity of elements. If you have to keep the order of elements, the SortedSet interface can then be used; the TreeSet class implements that interface.

Time Complexity : O(n) : Without Set

private static void removeDup(ArrayList<String> listWithDuplicateElements) {
    System.out.println(" Original Duplicate List :" + listWithDuplicateElements);
    List<String> listWithoutDuplicateElements = new ArrayList<>(listWithDuplicateElements.size());

    listWithDuplicateElements.stream().forEach(str -> {
        if (listWithoutDuplicateElements.indexOf(str) == -1) {
            listWithoutDuplicateElements.add(str);
        }
    });     

    System.out.println(" Without Duplicate List :" + listWithoutDuplicateElements);
}

This is the right one (if you are concerned about the overhead of HashSet.

 public static ArrayList<String> removeDuplicates (ArrayList<String> arrayList){
    if (arrayList.isEmpty()) return null;  //return what makes sense for your app
    Collections.sort(arrayList, String.CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER);
    //remove duplicates
    ArrayList <String> arrayList_mod = new ArrayList<>();
    arrayList_mod.add(arrayList.get(0));
    for (int i=1; i<arrayList.size(); i++){
        if (!arrayList.get(i).equals(arrayList.get(i-1))) arrayList_mod.add(arrayList.get(i));
    }
    return arrayList_mod;
}

Set<String> strSet = strList.stream().collect(Collectors.toSet());

Is the easiest way to remove your duplicates.

If you want your list to automatically ignore duplicates and preserve its order, you could create a HashList(a HashMap embedded List).

public static class HashList<T> extends ArrayList<T>{
        private HashMap <T,T> hashMap;
        public HashList(){
            hashMap=new HashMap<>();
        }

        @Override
        public boolean add(T t){
            if(hashMap.get(t)==null){
                hashMap.put(t,t);
                return super.add(t);
            }else return false;
        }

        @Override
        public boolean addAll(Collection<? extends T> c){
            HashList<T> addup=(HashList<T>)c;
            for(int i=0;i<addup.size();i++){
                add(addup.get(i));
            }return true;
        }

    }

Usage Example:

HashList<String> hashlist=new HashList<>();
hashList.add("hello");
hashList.add("hello");
System.out.println(" HashList: "+hashlist);

Here is a solution that works with any object:

public static <T> List<T> clearDuplicates(List<T> messages,Comparator<T> comparator) {
    List<T> results = new ArrayList<T>();
    for (T m1 : messages) {
        boolean found = false;
        for (T m2 : results) {
            if (comparator.compare(m1,m2)==0) {
                found=true;
                break;
            }
        }
        if (!found) {
            results.add(m1);
        }
    }
    return results;
}

Kotlin

val list = listOf('a', 'A', 'b', 'B', 'A', 'a')
println(list.distinct()) // [a, A, b, B]
println(list.distinctBy { it.uppercaseChar() }) // [a, b]

from here kotlinlang