pick first N elements from a static list java [duplicate]

Question

I want to pick first N elements from a list in java

String[] ligature = new String{there,is not,a,single,person,who,knows,the,answer};

Now I want to pick first 5 elements from this.something like

Stiring[] selectedLigature = ligature[0:4];

I want to do it without using for loop.

Answer 1

Do not stream this simple case, there is subList for this:

// for a List
yourList.subList(0, 5)...

// for an array
Arrays.copyOfRange

Answer 2

Arrays class has a method for this:

Arrays.copyOfRange(ligature, 0, 5);