issues when Iterate Map with list as value using groovy - list

Question

def map = new HashMap<String,List<String>>()
def list = new ArrayList<String>()
def list1 = new ArrayList<String>()
list.add("hello1")
list​.add("world1")
list.add("sample1")
list.add("sample1")​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
list1.add("hello2")
list1.add("world2")
list1.add("sample2")
list1.add("sample2")
map.put("abc",list)
map.put("bcd",list1)
def data = new ArrayList<String>()
for(e in map){
println "key = ${e.key} value=${e.value}"
// data = "${e.value} as String[]"
data = "${e.value}"
println "size ${data.size()} " --(B)
check(data)
​}
def check(input)
{
println "${input.size()}" ---(A)
for(item in input){
print "$item "​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​}
​}​
I have to pass string[] to another java function from this groovy script. so I am trying to read the array list and then convert it into String array. But the problem is when I assign {e.value} to variable data and try to get the size data.size() (both step (A) and (B) ). and the size is 34. It is counting each character not the word as whole from the list. I want to iterate over each word from the list. Kindly let me know how to resolve this problem.
sample output is
key = abc value=[hello1, world1, sample1, sample1]
size 34

Answer 1

Here is the groovified vesion of creating the map and accessing it:
def map = [abc:['hello1', 'world1','sample1', 'sample1'], bcd:['hello2', 'world2','sample2', 'sample2']]
map.collect{ println "key: ${it.key}, list: ${it.value}, and size: ${it.value.size()}" }
Output:
key: abc, list: [hello1, world1, sample1, sample1], and size: 4
key: bcd, list: [hello2, world2, sample2, sample2], and size: 4
If you want to convert a list to an array you can just do it:
def list = ['hello1', 'world1','sample1', 'sample1']
assert list instanceof List
def array = list as String[]
assert array instanceof String[]
assert !(array instanceof List)