Get unique values from ArrayList in Java

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You should use a Set. A Set is a Collection that contains no duplicates.

If you have a List that contains duplicates, you can get the unique entries like this:

List<String> gasList = // create list with duplicates...
Set<String> uniqueGas = new HashSet<String>(gasList);
System.out.println("Unique gas count: " + uniqueGas.size());

NOTE: This HashSet constructor identifies duplicates by invoking the elements’ equals() methods.

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