permutations and combinations of Arraylists in Java?

Question

I have three Arraylists like this

List<String> list1 = new ArrayList<String>();    
List<String> list2 = new ArrayList<String>();    
List<String> finallist = new ArrayList<String>();

list1 contains items "a","b" list2 contains items 1 , 2, 3 how to make a finallist that will contain "a1" "a2" "a3" "b1" "b2" "b3"

also, "final" is a reserved word in Java. You can't have it as a variable name. — mazaneicha
– mazaneicha, Commented Jul 14, 2012 at 16:47
you've said a1, a2, a3, but not 1a, 1b, 1c, do you only want combinations and not permutations? — siame
– siame, Commented Jul 14, 2012 at 17:06

Reimeus · Accepted Answer · 2012-07-14 16:45:35Z

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Assuming that the lists look like this:

    List<String> list1 = Arrays.asList("a", "b", "c");
    List<String> list2 = Arrays.asList("1", "2", "3");

then:

    List<String> finalList = new ArrayList<String>();
    for (String letter: list1) {
        for (String number: list2) {
            finalList.add(letter + number);
        }
    }

    System.out.println(finalList);

answered Jul 14, 2012 at 16:45

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