To find out how many elements are in a set, use the size() method : HashSet « Collections « Java Tutorial

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3. HashSet

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Set;

public class MainClass {

  public static void main(String[] a) {
    String elements[] = { "A", "B", "C", "D", "E" };
    Set set = new HashSet(Arrays.asList(elements));

    System.out.println(set.size());
  }
}

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