Java - Trying to remove certain elements from List

Question

I'm trying to remove words starting with &, but the followning code gives me the following error:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException
at java.util.AbstractList.remove(AbstractList.java:161)
at java.util.AbstractList$Itr.remove(AbstractList.java:374)
at java.util.Collection.removeIf(Collection.java:415)
at com.APT.SearchEngine.Main.main(Main.java:25)

String text="Hey &i love football";
List<String> purifiedList= Arrays.asList(text.split(" "));
purifiedList.removeIf((String word) -> word.startsWith("&"));

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 28 '18 at 16:47

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Arrays.asList returns an unmodifiable list.

answered Feb 28 '18 at 16:47

Joe Attardi

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That is not strictly true. The list allows `set` operaton, but not `add` and `remove`. – M. Prokhorov Feb 28 '18 at 16:49
How can I allow remove please? – Ahmed Khairy Feb 28 '18 at 17:02
`new ArrayList(Arrays.asList(array))` – ifly6 Feb 28 '18 at 17:19

Java - Trying to remove certain elements from List

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