List arrayList = new ArrayList(); arrayList.add(new Integer(0)); // alternative with primitive autoboxed to an Integer object automatically arrayList.add(0); //other features of ArrayList //define the type in the arraylist, you can substitute a proprietary class in the "<>" List myarrlist = new ArrayList(); //add several values to the arraylist to be summed later int sum; for(int i = 0; i < 10; i++) { myarrlist.add(i); }