Java Academy · Lesson

Range and Aggregate Operations

range, sum, average, summaryStatistics.

Range and Aggregate Operations is a free Java Academy lesson on CoddyKit — lesson 2 of 4. You can read the complete lesson below for free — then practise it hands-on in the browser with a built-in code editor and a 24/7 AI tutor. It is part of the Java Academy learning path, one of 4 lessons in the course, and your progress syncs across the web and the CoddyKit app.

Generating Ranges

IntStream.range(start, end) produces consecutive integers from start up to but not including end.

import java.util.stream.IntStream;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        IntStream.range(0, 5).forEach(System.out::println);
    }
}

rangeClosed Includes the End

IntStream.rangeClosed(start, end) includes the final value, so rangeClosed(1, 5) yields 1 through 5.

import java.util.stream.IntStream;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        int sum = IntStream.rangeClosed(1, 5).sum();
        System.out.println(sum);
    }
}

Replacing Index Loops

Ranges are a clean replacement for index-based for loops when iterating array positions.

import java.util.stream.IntStream;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        String[] names = {"a", "b", "c"};
        IntStream.range(0, names.length)
            .forEach(i -> System.out.println(i + ": " + names[i]));
    }
}

sum

sum adds all elements and returns a primitive result.

import java.util.stream.IntStream;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        int total = IntStream.rangeClosed(1, 100).sum();
        System.out.println(total);
    }
}

average

average returns an OptionalDouble because the stream could be empty.

import java.util.stream.IntStream;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        double avg = IntStream.of(2, 4, 6, 8).average().getAsDouble();
        System.out.println(avg);
    }
}

min and max

min and max return OptionalInt. Use getAsInt when you know the stream is non-empty.

import java.util.stream.IntStream;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        int hi = IntStream.of(3, 9, 1, 7).max().getAsInt();
        int lo = IntStream.of(3, 9, 1, 7).min().getAsInt();
        System.out.println(lo + " .. " + hi);
    }
}

count

count returns the number of elements as a long.

import java.util.stream.IntStream;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        long n = IntStream.rangeClosed(1, 50).filter(x -> x % 3 == 0).count();
        System.out.println(n);
    }
}

summaryStatistics

summaryStatistics computes count, sum, min, average, and max in a single pass, returning an IntSummaryStatistics.

import java.util.IntSummaryStatistics;
import java.util.stream.IntStream;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        IntSummaryStatistics stats = IntStream.of(5, 10, 15, 20).summaryStatistics();
        System.out.println(stats);
    }
}

Reading Individual Statistics

The summary object exposes getCount, getSum, getMin, getMax, and getAverage.

import java.util.IntSummaryStatistics;
import java.util.stream.IntStream;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        IntSummaryStatistics s = IntStream.rangeClosed(1, 10).summaryStatistics();
        System.out.println("count=" + s.getCount());
        System.out.println("avg=" + s.getAverage());
        System.out.println("max=" + s.getMax());
    }
}

Combining Range and Aggregate

Ranges and aggregates compose naturally: generate, transform, then reduce to a single number.

import java.util.stream.IntStream;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        int sumOfSquares = IntStream.rangeClosed(1, 4)
            .map(n -> n * n)
            .sum();
        System.out.println(sumOfSquares);
    }
}

LongStream Aggregates

LongStream offers the same range and aggregate methods, returning a LongSummaryStatistics.

import java.util.stream.LongStream;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        long sum = LongStream.rangeClosed(1, 1000).sum();
        System.out.println(sum);
    }
}

Quick Check

How do range and rangeClosed differ?

Recap

You generated and summarized primitive ranges:

range is exclusive of the end; rangeClosed includes it.
Aggregates: sum, average (OptionalDouble), min/max (OptionalInt), count.
summaryStatistics computes them all in one pass.

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