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title: "How to convert an array into an arrayLists in java"  
description: "How to convert an array into an arrayLists in java"  
author: "Royce Roy"  
published: 2015-02-27  
updated: 2015-02-27  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/12991/how-to-convert-an-array-into-an-arraylists-in-java  
category: "java"  
tags: ["java"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# How to convert an array into an arrayLists in java

How to [convert](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/2093/configurationmanager-appsettings-convert-n-to-n-why) an [array](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/335/jagged-array-in-c-sharp-dot-net) into an [arrayLists](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/33734/most-efficient-way-to-simultaneously-sort-three-arraylists-in-java) in [java](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12214/web-development-company-in-india-laid-on-the-foundation-of-concrete-java-programming) ?

## Replies

### Reply by Anonymous User

Suppose u have a string array :

```
String[ ] names = {"Tom", "Tim", "Ben", "Jack", "Alisa", "Rose"};
```

We don't exactly convert this array to arraylist , but we can view and use this array as array list ,

```
List<String> nameList =  Arrays.asList (names);
```

also if you want arraylist:

```
ArrayList <String> nameList = new ArrayList<String> (Arrays.asList(names));
```


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