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Java streams 11. Create from String using chars(), codePoints(), and lines()

A stream of characters (represented by integers – the code points of the characters) can be created from a string, using methods chars() or codePoints(). A stream of lines (strings) can be created from a string that includes line terminators \r or \n.

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Java streams 10. Create from file

A stream can be created from a file that emits either the file lines or the entries of the files tree if the file represents a directory.

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Java streams 9. Create numeric stream using range()

A numeric stream can be created by methods range(startInclusive, endExclusive) and rangeClosed(startInclusive, endInclusive). The new stream emits sequential values starting with startInclusive. The difference between the methods is that rangeClosed() creates a stream that also emits endInclusive.

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Harmful pleasure

Why unlimited indulging in savory pleasure is not good for you? If we still would like to taste something after we ate a lot already, does not it mean that the body indicates that more food is good for you?

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Laws and life

Law is the law until somebody succeeds in challenging it. But to succeed, one has to have public opinion (life) on his side.

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What is your postal (zip) code?

People with similar interests and lifestyle live in the same neighborhood. And if you have been raised there, you adopted the same lifestyle and world view.

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Java streams 8. Create using Stream.iterate()

The static Stream.iterate() method returns Stream object that emits an infinite (or finite) number of values of type T, each produced by the specified UnaryOperator applied to the previously emitted value.

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