Why when I use following code I get IndexOutOfBoundsException
Code:
List<Integer> ints = Stream.of(21,22,32,42,52).collect(Collectors.toList());
System.out.print("the list: ");
ints.forEach((i) -> {
System.out.print(ints.get(i-1) + " ");
});
My error stack:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException: Index: 11, Size: 5
at java.util.ArrayList.rangeCheck(ArrayList.java:638)
at java.util.ArrayList.get(ArrayList.java:414)
at Agent.lambda$main$1(Agent.java:33)
at Agent$$Lambda$8/980546781.accept(Unknown Source)
at java.util.ArrayList.forEach(ArrayList.java:1234)
at Agent.main(Agent.java:32)
the list: Java Result: 1
but When I change my list to one digit numbers everything is fine
Code:
List<Integer> ints = Stream.of(2,8,7,4,3).collect(Collectors.toList());
System.out.print("the list: ");
ints.forEach((i) -> {
System.out.print(ints.get(i-1) + " ");
});
output:
2 8 7 4 3
I think the reason is pretty clear.
ints.forEach((i) -> {
System.out.print(ints.get(i-1) + " ");
});
Translates approximately to:
for (Integer i : ints) {
System.out.println(ints.get(i - 1) + " ");
}
Which will cause IndexOutOfBoundsException
s because i
refers to the elements of each list, and each of those elements - 1 will give an index that is clearly out of bounds. For your first example, i
will be 21
, which gives an index of 21 - 1 == 20
, which is out of bounds for the list you created.
Example:
List<Integer> ints = Stream.of(21,22,32,42,52).collect(Collectors.toList());
will end up so that
ints == [21, 22, 32, 42, 52]
So when you run this:
ints.forEach((i) -> {
System.out.print(ints.get(i-1) + " ");
});
The computer takes the first element and tries to execute the body of the lambda:
Execute System.out.print(ints.get(i-1) + " ");:
First element is 21
21 - 1 == 20
ints.get(20) --> IndexOutOfBoundsException
And for your second example:
List<Integer> ints = Stream.of(2,8,7,4,3).collect(Collectors.toList());
becomes
ints == [2, 8, 7, 4, 3]
So when you run this:
ints.forEach((i) -> {
System.out.print(ints.get(i-1) + " ");
});
The computer goes through the elements and tries to execute the body of the lambda:
Execute System.out.print(ints.get(i-1) + " ");:
First element is 2
2 - 1 == 1
ints.get(1) --> 8
Print 8
Execute System.out.print(ints.get(i-1) + " ");:
Second element is 8
8 - 1 == 7
ints.get(7) --> IndexOutOfBoundsException
So evidently the code in your second example is not what you actually have. I suspect that the code you actually have is:
List<Integer> ints = Stream.of(2,8,7,4,3).collect(Collectors.toList());
System.out.print("the list: ");
ints.forEach((i) -> {
System.out.print(i + " ");
^^^^^^^ <-- this is different
});
Which is entirely different than what you posted.
Even simpler:
String s = Stream.of(21,22,32,42,52)
.collect(Collectors.joining(" "));
forEach
javadoc states
Performs the given action for each element of the Iterable until all
elements have been processed or the action throws an exception.
So the i
in
(i) -> {System.out.print(ints.get(i-1) + " ");}
is each element in the List
. If any of those elements minus 1 is bigger or equal to 5 (the size of the List
), you try to get an element that is out of bounds.
You are overdoing it. What you want is
List<Integer> ints = Stream.of(2,8,7,4,3).collect(Collectors.toList());
System.out.print("the list: ");
ints.forEach((i) -> {
System.out.print(i + " ");
});
i
in the forEach is not a loop counter, it's the items themselves. So i
will take on the values 2,8,7,4,3 and for the second iteration ints.get (8-1)
will be out of bounds.