Remove LinkedList elements

We can use remove() method of LinkedList to delete/remove elements from LinkedList

There are several methods to perform “remove” action in LinkedList


1) Object remove();
2) Object remove(int index);
3) boolean remove(Object o);
4) Object removeFirst();
5) boolean removeFirstOccurence(Object o);
6) Object removeLast();
7) boolean removeLastOccurence();

Object remove()

Removes the first element from the list

Example :

  1. import java.util.*;
  2. public class LinkedListRemove {
  3.     public static void main(String[] args) {
  4.     LinkedList<String> list = new LinkedList<String>();
  5.     list.add("Java");
  6. list.add("c++");
  7. list.add("python");
  8. list.add("c");
  9. System.out.println("List before removing elements");
  10. System.out.println(list);
  11. list.remove();
  12. System.out.println("List after removing elements");
  13. System.out.println(list);
  14.     }
  15. }
import java.util.*;
public class LinkedListRemove {
	public static void main(String[] args) {
	LinkedList<String> list = new LinkedList<String>();
	list.add("Java");
list.add("c++");
list.add("python");
list.add("c");
System.out.println("List before removing elements");
System.out.println(list);
list.remove();
System.out.println("List after removing elements");
System.out.println(list);
	}
}

Object remove(int index)

Removes the element at the specified position in the list.

Example :

  1. import java.util.*;
  2. public class LinkedListRemoveAtIndex {
  3.     public static void main(String[] args) {
  4.     LinkedList<String> list = new LinkedList<String>();
  5.     list.add("Java");
  6. list.add("c++");
  7. list.add("python");
  8. list.add("c");
  9. System.out.println("List before removing elements");
  10. System.out.println(list);
  11. list.remove(2);
  12. System.out.println("List after removing elements");
  13. System.out.println(list);
  14.     }
  15. }
import java.util.*;
public class LinkedListRemoveAtIndex {
	public static void main(String[] args) {
	LinkedList<String> list = new LinkedList<String>();
	list.add("Java");
list.add("c++");
list.add("python");
list.add("c");
System.out.println("List before removing elements");
System.out.println(list);
list.remove(2);
System.out.println("List after removing elements");
System.out.println(list);
	}
}
Note : We can see that element at index 2 in the list is removed

boolean remove(Object o)

Removes the first occurrence of the specified element from the list, if it is present.

Example :

  1. import java.util.*;
  2. public class LinkedListRemoveEle {
  3.     public static void main(String[] args) {
  4.     LinkedList<String> list = new LinkedList<String>();
  5.     list.add("Java");
  6. list.add("c++");
  7. list.add("python");
  8. list.add("c");
  9. System.out.println("List before removing elements");
  10. System.out.println(list);
  11. list.remove("c");
  12. System.out.println("List after removing elements");
  13. System.out.println(list);
  14.     }
  15. }
import java.util.*;
public class LinkedListRemoveEle {
	public static void main(String[] args) {
	LinkedList<String> list = new LinkedList<String>();
	list.add("Java");
list.add("c++");
list.add("python");
list.add("c");
System.out.println("List before removing elements");
System.out.println(list);
list.remove("c");
System.out.println("List after removing elements");
System.out.println(list);
	}
}
Note : We can see that, first occurrence of element “c” is removed from the list

Object removeFirst()

Removes the first element of the list.

Example :

  1. import java.util.*;
  2. public class LinkedListRemoveFirst {
  3.     public static void main(String[] args) {
  4.     LinkedList<String> list = new LinkedList<String>();
  5.     list.add("Java");
  6. list.add("c++");
  7. list.add("python");
  8. list.add("c");
  9. System.out.println("List before removing elements");
  10. System.out.println(list);
  11. list.removeFirst();
  12. System.out.println("List after removing elements");
  13. System.out.println(list);
  14.     }
  15. }
import java.util.*;
public class LinkedListRemoveFirst {
	public static void main(String[] args) {
	LinkedList<String> list = new LinkedList<String>();
	list.add("Java");
list.add("c++");
list.add("python");
list.add("c");
System.out.println("List before removing elements");
System.out.println(list);
list.removeFirst();
System.out.println("List after removing elements");
System.out.println(list);
	}
}


boolean removeFirstOccurence(Object o)

This will remove the first occurrence of given element

Example :

  1. import java.util.*;
  2. public class LinkedListRemoveFirstOccurenceEle {
  3.     public static void main(String[] args) {
  4.     LinkedList<String> list = new LinkedList<String>();
  5.     list.add("Java");
  6. list.add("c");
  7. list.add("c++");
  8. list.add("python");
  9. list.add("c");
  10. System.out.println("List before removing elements");
  11. System.out.println(list);
  12. list.removeFirstOccurrence("c");
  13. System.out.println("List after removing elements");
  14. System.out.println(list);
  15.     }
  16. }
import java.util.*;
public class LinkedListRemoveFirstOccurenceEle {
	public static void main(String[] args) {
	LinkedList<String> list = new LinkedList<String>();
	list.add("Java");
list.add("c");
list.add("c++");
list.add("python");
list.add("c");
System.out.println("List before removing elements");
System.out.println(list);
list.removeFirstOccurrence("c");
System.out.println("List after removing elements");
System.out.println(list);
	}
}
Note : We can see that first occurrence of “c” is removed from the list

Object removeLast()

This method removes the last element in the list

Example :

  1. import java.util.*;
  2. public class LinkedListRemoveLastEle {
  3.     public static void main(String[] args) {
  4.     LinkedList<String> list = new LinkedList<String>();
  5.     list.add("Java");
  6. list.add("c");
  7. list.add("c++");
  8. list.add("python");
  9. list.add("c");
  10. System.out.println("List before removing elements");
  11. System.out.println(list);
  12. list.removeLast();
  13. System.out.println("List after removing elements");
  14. System.out.println(list);
  15.     }
  16. }
import java.util.*;
public class LinkedListRemoveLastEle {
	public static void main(String[] args) {
	LinkedList<String> list = new LinkedList<String>();
	list.add("Java");
list.add("c");
list.add("c++");
list.add("python");
list.add("c");
System.out.println("List before removing elements");
System.out.println(list);
list.removeLast();
System.out.println("List after removing elements");
System.out.println(list);
	}
}


boolean removeLastOccurence(Object o)

This method removes the last occurrence of specified element

Example :

  1. import java.util.*;
  2. public class LinkedListRemoveLastOccurenceEle {
  3.     public static void main(String[] args) {
  4.     LinkedList<String> list = new LinkedList<String>();
  5.     list.add("Java");
  6. list.add("c");
  7. list.add("c++");
  8. list.add("python");
  9. list.add("c");
  10. System.out.println("List before removing elements");
  11. System.out.println(list);
  12. list.removeLastOccurrence("c");
  13. System.out.println("List after removing elements");
  14. System.out.println(list);
  15.     }
  16. }
import java.util.*;
public class LinkedListRemoveLastOccurenceEle {
	public static void main(String[] args) {
	LinkedList<String> list = new LinkedList<String>();
	list.add("Java");
list.add("c");
list.add("c++");
list.add("python");
list.add("c");
System.out.println("List before removing elements");
System.out.println(list);
list.removeLastOccurrence("c");
System.out.println("List after removing elements");
System.out.println(list);
	}
}

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