Java Streams - Stream skip(long n) example

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Stream skip(long n) returns a stream consisting of the remaining elements of this stream after discarding the first n elements of the stream.

Syntax

skip has the following syntax.

Stream<T> skip(long n)

Example

The following example shows how to use skip.

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;
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public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    List<String> stringList = Arrays.asList("1","1","2","3","4");

    stringList.stream()
           .skip(2)
           .forEach(System.out::println);
  }
}

The code above generates the following result.

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