AP CSA Unit 4 Day 18: Arraylist Autoboxing

Unit 4, Data Collections • Cycle 2
Day 18 Advanced Practice • Harder Difficulty
Focus: ArrayList AutoBoxing Hard ArrayList AutoBoxing

Advanced Practice Question

Format: ArrayList AutoBoxing

What is the output?
ArrayList list = new ArrayList<>();
list.add(5);
list.add(10);

int x = list.get(0);
System.out.println(x * 2);
Difficulty: Hard  |  Topic: ArrayList AutoBoxing  |  Cycle: 2 (Advanced)
Why This Answer?

Autoboxing automatically converts int 5 to Integer when adding. Auto-unboxing converts Integer back to int when assigning to x. x=5, x*2=10.

Common Mistake
Watch Out!

Thinking you need explicit conversion between int and Integer.

AP Exam Strategy

Java auto-boxes primitives to wrappers and auto-unboxes wrappers to primitives.

Master This Topic

This Cycle 2 HARD question tests arraylist autoboxing. Review Unit 4 concepts to build mastery of data collections.

  • Understanding arraylist autoboxing
  • Tracing code execution accurately
  • Avoiding common pitfalls
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