Last Updated : 11 Jul, 2025
The subSet() method of
SortedSet interface in Javais used to return a view of the portion of this set whose elements range from fromElement, inclusive, to toElement, exclusive.
: The set returned by this method will throw an
IllegalArgumentExceptionif an attempt is made to insert an element outside its range.
Syntax:
SortedSet subSet(E fromElement, E toElement)
Where, E is the type of element maintained by this Set.
Parameters: This function accepts two parameters
fromElementand
toElementwhich represent the low endpoint (
inclusive) and high endpoint (
exclusive) of the returned set.
Return Value: It returns the elements which in range between
fromElementand
toElementpassed as argument.
Exceptions:
Below programs illustrate the above method:
Program 1:
Java
// A Java program to demonstrate
// working of SortedSet
import java.util.SortedSet;
import java.util.TreeSet;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args)
{
// Create a TreeSet and inserting elements
SortedSet<Integer> s = new TreeSet<>();
// Adding Element to SortedSet
s.add(1);
s.add(5);
s.add(2);
s.add(3);
s.add(9);
// Returning the set with elements
// ranging between the passed value
System.out.print("Elements range between 2 and 9 in set are : "
+ s.subSet(2, 9));
}
}
Output:
Elements range between 2 and 9 in set are : [2, 3, 5]Program 2
:
Java
// A Java program to demonstrate
// working of SortedSet
import java.util.SortedSet;
import java.util.TreeSet;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args)
{
// Create a TreeSet and inserting elements
SortedSet<String> s = new TreeSet<>();
// Adding Element to SortedSet
s.add("Geeks");
s.add("For");
s.add("Geeks");
s.add("Code");
s.add("It");
// Returning the set with elements
// ranging between the passed value
System.out.print("Elements between C and G in set is : "
+ s.subSet("C", "G"));
}
}
Output:
Elements between C and G in set is : [Code, For]Reference
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