Remove a specific string from an array of string

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Define “remove”.

Arrays are fixed length and can not be resized once created. You can set an element to null to remove an object reference;

for (int i = 0; i < myStringArray.length(); i++)
{
    if (myStringArray[i].equals(stringToRemove))
    {
        myStringArray[i] = null;
        break;
    }
}

or

myStringArray[indexOfStringToRemove] = null;

If you want a dynamically sized array where the object is actually removed and the list (array) size is adjusted accordingly, use an ArrayList<String>

myArrayList.remove(stringToRemove);

or 

myArrayList.remove(indexOfStringToRemove);

Edit in response to OP’s edit to his question and comment below

String r = myArrayList.get(rgenerator.nextInt(myArrayList.size()));

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