How to remove all elements of the ArrayDeque in Kotlin

Overview

We can use the clear method to remove all the elements present in the ArrayDeque object.

Syntax

fun clear()

Parameters

This method doesn’t take any arguments.

Return value

This method doesn’t return any value.

Code

The code below demonstrates how to use the clear method to remove all elements present in the ArrayDeque:

fun main() {
// create a new empty ArrayDeque which can have int elements
var deque = ArrayDeque<Int>()
// add four elements to deque
deque.add(1)
deque.add(2)
deque.add(3)
deque.add(4)
println("\nThe Arraydeque is $deque")
// get the last element of deque
deque.clear();
println("After calling clear the dequeu is $deque");
}

Explanation

In the code above, we see the following:

  • Line 3: We create a new ArrayDeque with the name deque. The deque contains no element [].

  • Lines 6–9: We add four elements to deque using the add method. Now deque is [1,2,3,4].

  • Line 13: We use the clear method to remove all elements present in deque. After calling the clear method, deque becomes empty.

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