How to remove objects from ArrayLists

Question

So i have this homework, to create a java movie program. It should have the add movie (title, actor and date of appearance), show (all the movies added) and remove movie(by movie title) options. Up till now i was able to create the addMovie(), and showMovie() methods...but i got really stuck ad removeMovies().

Here is the code for the Main.java:

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Scanner;

public class Main {

    static Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
    static ArrayList<Movies> movHolder = new ArrayList<Movies>();

    public static void main(String[] args) {    
        int op = -1;        
        while (op != 0){
            op= menuOption();
            switch(op){
            case 1:
                addMovies();
                break;
            case 2:
                removeMovies();
                break;
            case 3:
                showMovies();               
                break;
            case 0:
                System.out.print("\n\nYou have exited the program!");
                break;
            default:
                System.out.println("\nWrong input!");
            }           
        }
    }

    public static int menuOption(){
        int option;
        System.out.println("\nMenu\n");
        System.out.println("1. Add new movies");
        System.out.println("2. Remove movies");
        System.out.println("3. Show all movies");
        System.out.println("0. Exit program");
        System.out.print("\nChoose an option: ");
        option = input.nextInt();

        return option;      
    }

    public static void addMovies(){
        String t, a, d;

        input.nextLine();
        System.out.println("\n---Adding movies---\n");
        System.out.print("Enter title of movie: ");
        t = input.nextLine();
        System.out.print("Enter actor's name: ");
        a = input.nextLine();
        System.out.print("Enter date of apearance: ");
        d = input.nextLine();

        Movies mov = new Movies(t, a, d);
        movHolder.add(mov);         
    }

    public static void removeMovies(){
        int choice;
        System.out.println("\n---Removing movies by title---\n");
        for(int i = 0; i < movHolder.size(); i++){
            System.out.println((i+1)+ ".) "+ movHolder.get(i).toString());
        }
        System.out.print("Enter movie do you want to remove?");
        choice = input.nextInt();           

    }

    public static void showMovies(){
        System.out.print("---Showing movie list---\n");
        for(int i = 0; i < movHolder.size(); i++){
            System.out.println((i+1)+ ".) "+ movHolder.get(i).toString());
        }       
    }   
}

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And here is the Movies.java with the Movie class:

public class Movies {

    private String title;
    private String actor;
    private String date;

    public Movies (String t, String a, String d){
        title = t;
        actor = a;
        date = d;
    }
    public Movies(){
        title = "";
        actor = "";
        date = "";
    }

    public String getTitle(){
        return title;
    }
    public String getActor(){
        return actor;
    }
    public String getDate(){
        return date;
    }
    public String toString(){
        return "\nTitle: " + title + 
               "\nActor: " + actor + 
               "\nRelease date: " + date;
    }   

}

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As you could probably see, i am a very beginner java programmer. Please, if there is anyway someone could help with the removeMovie() method, i would be very grateful.

Answer 1

You can use the remove(int index) method:

public static void removeMovies(){
     int choice;
     System.out.println("\n---Removing movies by title---\n");
     for(int i = 0; i < movHolder.size(); i++){
         System.out.println((i+1)+ ".) "+ movHolder.get(i).toString());
     }
     System.out.print("Enter movie do you want to remove?");
     choice = input.nextInt();

     // Decrement the index because you're asking the user for a 1 based input.    
     movHolder.remove(choice - 1)
}       

}

Answer 2

Since you have the index of the movie that should be removed (choice - 1) you can use ArrayList.remove(int)

    System.out.print("Enter movie do you want to remove?");
    choice = input.nextInt();
    movHolder.remove(choice-1);