Another way to write for( String string : myWord)

Question

I'm a Java beginner and have problems understanding what this means:

 for( String string : myWord){

Is there another way to write this? Even if it is probably more complicated, it might help me understand!

Thanks for any help.

What specifically don't you understand about it? What it does? Or how it works internally? Or what the parts within the for-loop are? — Ivar, Jun 11 '20 at 07:19
I dont specifically understand what the colon is aiming to do — nurders04, Jun 11 '20 at 07:23
The colon itself is just part of the syntax of the enhanced for loop. It separates the element that is currently iterated over from the collection it gets these elements from. — Ivar, Jun 11 '20 at 07:30

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 11 '20 at 07:15

1

Well, assuming that myWord is some sort of collection, such as List, you could use a stream. Assuming your original code:

List<String> myWord = new ArrayList<>();
myWord.add("Hello");
myWord.add("World");
for (String string : myWord) {
    System.out.println(string);
}

Using streams, the above becomes:

myWord.stream().foreach(System.out::println);

answered Jun 11 '20 at 07:15

Tim Biegeleisen

Sorry guys, slow day here, I really need the points! – Tim Biegeleisen Jun 11 '20 at 07:16

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 11 '20 at 07:37

0

When you see the colon (:) read it as "in."

More details and scenarios are available at the oracle link I provided.

answered Jun 11 '20 at 07:37

dariosicily

2 Answers2