Filter List of String arrays based on value in String array

I have a list of string arrays that I am reading from a csv file that I want to filter using Java. I would like to retrieve the whole String array that contains a particular value.

List<String[]> csvData = readAllData("src/test/resources/data.csv", ';');

The output after printing:

[24, Desnoyers Claude, 1030311841077]
[25, Doiron Fletcher, 1680375680748]
[63, Mainville Agathe, 2680408184680]
[363, Pinette Searlas, 1940914809627]

For instance, I would like to retrieve the whole array that contains a particular name, like Doiron Fletcher, regardless of its index. I know that I can use stream in Java 8, but I am fairly new to Java and don’t really know how to do it for lists of string arrays. Any ideas on how I can do this?

>Solution :

You can take knowledge of that "name" is the second element of your array:

List<String[]> filteredData = csvData.stream()
        .filter(item -> "Doiron Fletcher".equals(item[1]))
        .collect(Collectors.toList()));

Or if you need only one (e.g. the first) row:

String[] foundRow = csvData.stream()
        .filter(item -> "Doiron Fletcher".equals(item[1]))
        .findFirst().orElse(null);