// "Replace with collect" "false" import java.util.Arrays; import java.util.List; public class Test { static String test(List<String> list) { StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(); StringBuilder sb2 = new StringBuilder(); if (!list.isEmpty()) { for (String s : li<caret>st) { if (!s.isEmpty()) { if (sb2.length() > 0) { sb.append('"'); } sb.append(s.length()); } } } return sb.toString().trim(); } public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println(test(Arrays.asList("abc", "", "xyz", "argh"))); } }