import java.util.*; public class X { public static void main(final String[] args) { final ArrayList al = new ArrayList(); al.add("string1"); al.add("string2"); al.add("string3"); int j = 0; for (Iterator i = al.iterator(); i.hasNext(); ++j) { if (i.next() == "string1") { al.remove(j); } } System.out.println(al.size()); } }