No.
Often a list must be searched for particular items. Here is a start of a longer example program:
class SearchTester { public static void main ( String[] args ) { final int theSize = 20 ; String[] strArray = new String[ theSize ] ; strArray[0] = "Boston" ; strArray[1] = "Albany" ; strArray[2] = "Detroit" ; strArray[3] = "Phoenix" ; strArray[4] = "Peoria" ; strArray[6] = "Albany" ; strArray[7] = "Houston" ; strArray[8] = "Hartford" ; // print out only those slots with data for (int j=0; j < strArray.length; j++ ) if ( strArray[j] != null ) System.out.println( strArray[j] ); } }