Is ok to use Arraylist instead of linked lists?

>>60486652
It's actually better in most cases.

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>>60486652
it depends on your purpose

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>>60486652

>>60487691
>>60488092
what is the difference between an array and an arraylist?

>>60486652
Yes, there's no reason to use a linked list unless you really really need extremely fast addition.

>>60488146
You cant extend the size of an array.

>>60488146
dynamic sizing

>>60488146
ArrayList is just a wrapper around a native array. It is not like a linked list with dynamically allocated nodes of storage. The ArrayList has logic such that when the ubderlying native array reaches a certain fullness, it creates a new, bigger array and copies the old data over.

>>60488092
This is a special kind of reddit cancer.

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>>60486652

use linked lists only if you're doing a lot of random inserts, and even then if your performance profiling tells you that it really does work better