import java.util.ArrayList;

public class Remove1All2
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        ArrayList<String> myList = new ArrayList<>();
        
        myList.add("aaa"); 
        myList.add("qqq"); // Index 1
        myList.add("ccc"); 
        myList.add("zzz");

        System.out.println( myList ); // [john,peter,mary,peter]

        int i = 0; // Go through elem: 0, 1,... size()-1
        
        while ( i < myList.size() )
        {
             if ( myList.get(i).compareTo("ppp") > 0 )
                 myList.remove( i ); 
             else
                 i++;
        }  

        System.out.println( myList ); // [aaa, ccc]
    }
}