Java Utility Library

Java HashSet - size() Method



The java.util.HashSet.size() method returns the total number of elements present in the set.

Syntax

public int size()

Parameters

No parameter is required.

Return Value

Returns the total number of elements in the set.

Exception

NA

Example:

In the example below, the java.util.HashSet.size() method is used to find out the total number of elements in the given set.

import java.util.*;

public class MyClass {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    //creating hash set
    HashSet<Integer> MySet = new HashSet<Integer>();

    //populating hash set
    MySet.add(10);
    MySet.add(20);
    MySet.add(30);
    MySet.add(40);

    System.out.println("Size of MySet: "+ MySet.size());    

    //adding one more element in the HashSet
    MySet.add(50); 

    System.out.println("Size of MySet: "+ MySet.size());  
  }
}

The output of the above code will be:

Size of MySet: 4
Size of MySet: 5

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