// "Replace with collect" "true" import java.util.Arrays; import java.util.List; import java.util.stream.Collectors; public class Test { static String test(List<String> list) { String sb = ""; if (!list.isEmpty()) { sb = list.stream().filter(s -> !s.isEmpty()).map(s -> String.valueOf(s.length())).collect(Collectors.joining("\"")); } return sb.trim(); } public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println(test(Arrays.asList("abc", "", "xyz", "argh"))); } }