// "Replace Stream API chain with loop" "true" import java.util.*; import java.util.stream.Collectors; public class Main { public static Map> test(List strings) { Map> map = new HashMap<>(); for (String str : strings) { map.computeIfAbsent(str.length(), k -> new ArrayList<>()).add(str); } return map; } public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println(test(Arrays.asList())); System.out.println(test(Arrays.asList("a", "bbb", "cc", "d", "eee"))); } }