List in Dart

List In Dart

If you want to store multiple values of related items in the same variable, you can use a list. If you have a large collection of an item of a single type then you can store it in a list. List in dart is similar to Arrays in other programming languages. For e.g. to store name of multiple students.

How To Create List

You can create a list by specifying the initial elements of a square bracket. This is called a list literal.

// Integer List
 var ages = [10, 30, 23];

// String List
var names = ["Raj", "John", "Rocky"];

Since in ages all the elements of list are int, so dart infers this to be list of int data types.

Similary in names all the elements of list are String, so dart infers this to be list of String data types.

Types Of Lists

  • Fixed Length List
  • Growable List Mostly Used

Fixed Length List

The fixed-length lists are defined with the specified length. We cannot change the size at runtime. This will create list of 5 integers with value 0.

void main() {  
   var list = List<int>.filled(5,0);  
   print(list);  
}
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Note: You cannot add new item to Fixed Length List but you can change the values of list.

Growable List

A List object declared without size is termed a Growable List. The length of the growable list can be changed in runtime.

void main() {  
   var list1 = [210,21,22,33,44,55];  
   print(list1);  
}
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Access Item Of List

We can access list item by index. Remember that list index always start with 0.

  var list = [210,21,22,33,44,55];  
   print(list[0]);
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Get Index By Value

You can also get index by value.

  var list = [210,21,22,33,44,55];  
   print(list.indexOf(22));
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Find The Length Of List

You can find the length of list by using .length method.

  void main(){  
    List<String> names = ["Raj", "John", "Rocky"];
    print(names.length);
 }
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Note: Remember that list index always start with 0 and length always start with 1.

Changing Values Of List

You can also change value of list.

  void main(){  
    List<String> names = ["Raj", "John", "Rocky"];
    names[1] = "Bill";
    names[2] = "Elon";
    print(names);
 }
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Mutable And Immutable List

Mutable list means they can change after declare and immutable list means they can’t be changed after declare.


   List<String> names = ["Raj", "John", "Rocky"]; // Mutable List
   names[1] = "Bill"; // possible
   names[2] = "Elon"; // possible
    
   const List<String> names = ["Raj", "John", "Rocky"]; // Immutable List
   names[1] = "Bill"; // not possible
   names[2] = "Elon"; // not possible

List Properties

  • first: It returns the first element case.
  • last: It returns the last element in the list.
  • isEmpty: It returns true if the list is empty.
  • isNotEmpty: It returns true if the collection has at least one element.
  • length: It returns the length of the list.
  • reversed: It returns a list in reverse order.
  • Single: It is used to check if the list has only one element and returns it.

Aceess First And Last Elements Of List

You can access the first and last element in the list by:

void main() {
   List<String> drinks = ["water", "juice", "milk", "coke"];
   print("First element of the list is: ${drinks.first}");
   print("Last element of the list is: ${drinks.last}");
}
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Check The List Is Empty Or Not

You can also check list contain any elements inside it or not. It will give result either in true or in false.

void main() {
   List<String> drinks = ["water", "juice", "milk", "coke"];
   List<int>  ages = [];
   print("Is drinks Empty: "+drinks.isEmpty.toString());
   print("Is drinks not Empty: "+drinks.isNotEmpty.toString());
   print("Is ages Empty: "+ages.isEmpty.toString());
   print("Is ages not Empty: "+ages.isNotEmpty.toString());
   
}
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Reverse List

void main() {
   List<String> drinks = ["water", "juice", "milk", "coke"];
   print("List in reverse: ${drinks.reversed}");
}
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Adding Item To List

Dart provides four methods that are used to insert the elements into the lists. These methods are given below.

  • add(): add one element at a time and returns the modified list object.
  • addAll(): insert the multiple values to the given list and each value is separated by the commas and enclosed with a square bracket ([]).
  • insert(): provides the facility to insert an element at specified index position.
  • insertAll(): insert the multiple value at the specified index position.

Example

void main() {  
    var even_list = [2,4,6,8,10];  
    print(even_list);  
    even_list.add(12);  
    print(even_list);  
}
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void main() {  
    var even_list = [2,4,6,8,10] ;
     print(even_list);  
      even_list.addAll([12,14,16,18]);  
      print(even_list);  
}
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void main(){  
    List lst = [3,4,2,5];  
    print(lst);  
    lst.insert(4,15);  
    print(lst);  
}
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void main(){  
      var lst = [3,4,2,5];  
     print(lst);  
     lst.insertAll(1,[6,7,10,9]);  
     print(lst);  
}
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Replace Range Of List

void main(){  
      var list = [10,15,20,25,30];  
      print("List before updation: ${list}");  
      list.replaceRange(0,4,[5,6,7,8]) ;  
      print("List after updation using replaceAll() function : ${list}");  
}
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Removing List Elements

  • remove(): removes one element at a time from the given list.
  • removeAt(): removes an element from the specified index position and returns it.
  • removeLast(): remove the last element from the given list.
  • removeRange(): removes the item within the specified range.

Example Of Removing List

void main(){  
      var list = [10,20,30,40,50];  
      print("List before removing element : ${list}");  
      list.remove(30) ;  
      print("List after removing element : ${list}");  
}
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void main(){  
      var list = [10,11,12,13,14];  
      print("List before removing element : ${list}");  
      list.removeAt(3) ;  
      print("List after removing element : ${list}");  
}
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void main(){  
     var list = [10,20,30,40,50];  
     print("List before removing element:${list}");  
     list.removeLast();  
     print("List after removing last element:${list}");  
}
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  void main(){  
     var list = [10,20,30,40,50];  
     print("List before removing element:${list}");  
     list.removeRange(0,3);  
     print("List after removing range element:${list}");  
}
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Loops In List

You can use for loop, for each loop or any other type of loops.

  void main(){  
     List<int> list = [10,20,30,40,50];  
      list.forEach((n) => print(n));
}
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Multiple All Value By 2 Of All List

  void main(){  
     List<int> list = [10,20,30,40,50];  
     var douledList = 
      list.map((n)=> n*2);
    
    print((douledList));
}
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Combine Two Or More List In Dart

You can combine two or more lists in dart by using spread syntax.

  void main(){  
    List<String> names = ["Raj", "John", "Rocky"];
    List<String> names2 = ["Mike","Subash","Mark"];
    
    List<String> allNames = [...names, ...names2];
    print(allNames);
 }
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Conditions In List

You can also use conditions in List. Here sad = false so cart doesn’t contain Beer in it.

  void main(){
     bool sad = false;  
     var cart = [
        'milk',
        'ghee',
        if(sad) 'Beer'
     ];
    print(cart);
}
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Where In List Dart

You can use where with list to filter specific items. Here in this example, even numbers are only filtered.

void main(){
List<int> numbers = [2,4,6,8, 10];

List<int> even = numbers.where((number)=> number.isEven).toList(); 
print(even);
}
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Note: Choose lists if order matters. You can easily add items to the end. Searching can be slow when the list size is big.