import java.util.*;
public class X
{
public static void main(final String[] args)
{
final ArrayList al = new ArrayList();
al.add("string1");
al.add("string2");
al.add("string3");
int j = 0;
for (Iterator i = al.iterator(); i.hasNext(); ++j)
{
if (i.next() == "string1")
{
al.remove(j);
}
}
System.out.println(al.size());
}
}