Initial size for the ArrayList

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You’re confusing the size of the array list with its capacity:

  • the size is the number of elements in the list;
  • the capacity is how many elements the list can potentially accommodate without reallocating its internal structures.

When you call new ArrayList<Integer>(10), you are setting the list’s initial capacity, not its size. In other words, when constructed in this manner, the array list starts its life empty.

One way to add ten elements to the array list is by using a loop:

for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
  arr.add(0);
}

Having done this, you can now modify elements at indices 0..9.

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