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Java - calculate average of ArrayList

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In this article, we would like to show you how to calculate the average of an ArrayList in Java.

Quick solution:

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private static double average(List<Integer> numbers) {
    Integer sum = 0;
    if (!numbers.isEmpty()) {
        for (Integer number : numbers) {
            sum += number;
        }
        return sum.doubleValue() / numbers.size();
    }
    return 0;
}

1. Using enhanced for loop

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In this example, we calculate the average of myArrayList.

To do so we take the following steps:

create an Integer variable to sum all the ArrayList elements,
use Integer.doubleValue() method to convert the number to a double,
divide the sum of all elements by the ArrayList size.

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import java.util.*;
​
public class Example {
​
    private static double average(List<Integer> numbers) {
        Integer sum = 0;
        if (!numbers.isEmpty()) {
            for (Integer number : numbers) {
                sum += number;
            }
            return sum.doubleValue() / numbers.size();
        }
        return 0;
    }
​
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        List<Integer> myArrayList = new ArrayList<>() {{
            add(2);
            add(4);
        }};
​
        System.out.println(average(myArrayList));  // 3.0
    }
}

Output:

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3.0

2. Using Streams

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In this example, we use streams to calculate the average value of myArrayList.

Note:

This solution works only for Java 8 and newer versions.

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import java.util.*;
​
public class Example {
​
    private static double average(List<Integer> numbers) {
        return numbers.stream()
                .mapToDouble(d -> d)
                .average()
                .orElse(0.0);
    }
​
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        List<Integer> myArrayList = new ArrayList<>() {{
            add(2);
            add(4);
        }};
​
        System.out.println(average(myArrayList));  // 3.0
    }
}