how to select random element from a list java code example

Example 1: how to select a random element from an array in java

import java.util.Random;

public class RandomStringFromArray
{    
  	public static void main(String[] args)    
    {        
      	String[] arr={"1", "2", "3", "4", "5"};
      	Random r=new Random();        
      	int randomNumber=r.nextInt(arr.length);
      	System.out.println(arr[randomNumber]);
    }
}

Example 2: java random word from list

private static String[] names = { "Terminator", "Slicer","Ninja", "cow", "Robot", "littlegirl" };
name = names[(int) (Math.random() * names.length)];
System.out.println(name);

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