How to Split an ArrayList in Multiple Small ArrayLists?

Last Updated : 01 Feb, 2024

In Java, ArrayList is a pre-defined class of the Java collection framework, and it can be used to add the elements dynamically. One more special feature is that it can shrink the size dynamically to add or remove the elements from the ArrayList.

In this article, we will discuss how to split an ArrayList into multiple small ArrayLists.

Step-by-Step Implementation

Create a String ArrayList named as mainList.
Add the values into the mainList ArrayList.
Define the subList size and write another method named splitArrayList with two parameters ArrayList, and SubList size.
The splitArrayList method accepts two parameters ArrayList and subList size and it can convert the ArrayList into subList based on the size of the subList size.
Print the sub ArrayList.

Program to split an ArrayList in multiple small ArrayLists in Java

Java

// Java Program to split an ArrayList in multiple small ArrayLists
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

public class GFGSplitArrayList {
  //main method
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        
      //create the mainList ArrayList
        ArrayList<String> mainList = new ArrayList<>();
      // Adding values into ArrayList of Strings
        mainList.add("C");
        mainList.add("Java");
        mainList.add("Python");
        mainList.add("HTML");
        mainList.add("CSS");
        mainList.add("Six");
        mainList.add("Spring");
        mainList.add("Hibernate");
        mainList.add("NodeJs");

        // Split the ArrayList into smaller ArrayLists with size 3
        int subListSize = 3;
        List<ArrayList<String>> subLists = splitArrayList(mainList, subListSize);

        // print the result
        for (int i = 0; i < subLists.size(); i++) {
            System.out.println("Sublist " + (i + 1) + ": " + subLists.get(i));
        }
    }

    // Method to split an ArrayList into smaller ArrayLists
    private static <T> List<ArrayList<T>> splitArrayList(ArrayList<T> original, int size) {
        List<ArrayList<T>> subLists = new ArrayList<>();

        for (int i = 0; i < original.size(); i += size) {
            int end = Math.min(i + size, original.size());
            subLists.add(new ArrayList<>(original.subList(i, end)));
        }

        return subLists;
    }
}

Output

Sublist 1: [C, Java, Python]
Sublist 2: [HTML, CSS, Six]
Sublist 3: [Spring, Hibernate, NodeJs]