How To Make And Use A List

I first learned how to program with BYOB. In BYOB there were variables and lists. Variables worked the same as Java and lists were groups of variables. To create a list, I would give it a name. I could then add variables to this list as items throughout the program. Here's an example of what a list would look like:

[[List]]
item 1: Hello
item 2: world

I could then call upon item 1 or item 2 and delete them if needed. In Java, I want to have 3 lists of variables into which I put user input as variables. The code would look something like the following: (stuff with "//" at the end is detailing what I want to do, not actual working code)

import java.util.*;
public class Archives {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);

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