Developers comfortable with Array notation can also use it while using Lists. Array and List syntax can be used interchangeably. Array notation is a notation where a list’s elements are referenced by enclosing the index number in square brackets after the list’s name.

String[] nameList = new String[4];

//or

String[] nameList2 = new List<String>();

//or

List<String> nameList3 = new String[4];

// Set values for 0, 1, 2 indices

nameList[0] = ‘Bhavna’;

nameList[1] = ‘Bhavya’;

nameList[2] = ‘Swati’;

// Size of the list, which is always an integer value

Integer listSize = nameList.size();

// Accessing the 2nd element in the list, denoted by index 1

System.debug(nameList[1]); // ‘Bhavna’

Some common methods of list: