diff --git a/core-java/pom.xml b/core-java/pom.xml
index 633656857e..3805506181 100644
--- a/core-java/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java/pom.xml
@@ -196,6 +196,11 @@
             <artifactId>streamex</artifactId>
             <version>${streamex.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.vavr</groupId>
+            <artifactId>vavr</artifactId>
+            <version>${vavr.version}</version>
+	    </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
@@ -420,6 +425,7 @@
         <fscontext.version>4.6-b01</fscontext.version>
         <protonpack.version>1.13</protonpack.version>
         <streamex.version>0.6.5</streamex.version>
+        <vavr.version>0.9.0</vavr.version>
 
         <!-- testing -->
         <org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
diff --git a/core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/stream/StreamIndices.java b/core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/stream/StreamIndices.java
index b101bc2740..aa4da58818 100644
--- a/core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/stream/StreamIndices.java
+++ b/core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/stream/StreamIndices.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package com.baeldung.stream;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import java.util.stream.IntStream;
@@ -7,31 +8,65 @@ import java.util.stream.IntStream;
 import com.codepoetics.protonpack.Indexed;
 import com.codepoetics.protonpack.StreamUtils;
 
+import io.vavr.Tuple2;
+import io.vavr.collection.Stream;
+import one.util.streamex.EntryStream;
+
 public class StreamIndices {
 
     public static List<String> getEvenIndexedStrings(String[] names) {
-        List<String> evenIndexedNames = IntStream.range(0, names.length)
-          .filter(i -> i % 2 == 0).mapToObj(i -> names[i])
+        List<String> evenIndexedNames = IntStream
+          .range(0, names.length)
+          .filter(i -> i % 2 == 0)
+          .mapToObj(i -> names[i])
           .collect(Collectors.toList());
         return evenIndexedNames;
     }
 
+    public List<String> getEvenIndexedStringsVersionTwo(List<String> names) {
+        List<String> evenIndexedNames = EntryStream
+          .of(names)
+          .filterKeyValue((index, name) -> index % 2 == 0)
+          .values()
+          .toList();
+        return evenIndexedNames;
+    }
+
     public static List<Indexed<String>> getEvenIndexedStrings(List<String> names) {
-        List<Indexed<String>> list = StreamUtils.zipWithIndex(names.stream())
-          .filter(i -> i.getIndex() % 2 == 0).collect(Collectors.toList());
+        List<Indexed<String>> list = StreamUtils
+          .zipWithIndex(names.stream())
+          .filter(i -> i.getIndex() % 2 == 0)
+          .collect(Collectors.toList());
         return list;
     }
 
     public static List<Indexed<String>> getOddIndexedStrings(List<String> names) {
-        List<Indexed<String>> list = StreamUtils.zipWithIndex(names.stream())
-          .filter(i -> i.getIndex() % 2 == 1).collect(Collectors.toList());
+        List<Indexed<String>> list = StreamUtils
+          .zipWithIndex(names.stream())
+          .filter(i -> i.getIndex() % 2 == 1)
+          .collect(Collectors.toList());
         return list;
     }
 
     public static List<String> getOddIndexedStrings(String[] names) {
-        List<String> oddIndexedNames = IntStream.range(0, names.length)
-          .filter(i -> i % 2 == 1).mapToObj(i -> names[i])
+        List<String> oddIndexedNames = IntStream
+          .range(0, names.length)
+          .filter(i -> i % 2 == 1)
+          .mapToObj(i -> names[i])
           .collect(Collectors.toList());
         return oddIndexedNames;
     }
+
+    public static List<String> getOddIndexedStringsVersionTwo(String[] names) {
+        List<Tuple2<String, Integer>> tuples = Stream
+          .of(names)
+          .zipWithIndex()
+          .filter(tuple -> tuple._2 % 2 == 1)
+          .toJavaList();
+        List<String> oddIndexedNames = new ArrayList<String>();
+        tuples.forEach(tuple -> {
+            oddIndexedNames.add(tuple._1);
+        });
+        return oddIndexedNames;
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/core-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/stream/StreamIndicesTest.java b/core-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/stream/StreamIndicesTest.java
index ca60544788..d8513417ea 100644
--- a/core-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/stream/StreamIndicesTest.java
+++ b/core-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/stream/StreamIndicesTest.java
@@ -20,6 +20,15 @@ public class StreamIndicesTest {
         assertEquals(expectedResult, actualResult);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void givenArray_whenGetIndexedStrings_thenReturnListOfEvenIndexedStringsVersionTwo() {
+        String[] names = { "Afrim", "Bashkim", "Besim", "Lulzim", "Durim", "Shpetim" };
+        List<String> expectedResult = Arrays.asList("Afrim", "Besim", "Durim");
+        List<String> actualResult = StreamIndices.getEvenIndexedStrings(names);
+
+        assertEquals(expectedResult, actualResult);
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void givenArray_whenGetIndexedStrings_thenReturnListOfOddStrings() {
         String[] names = { "Afrim", "Bashkim", "Besim", "Lulzim", "Durim", "Shpetim" };
@@ -47,4 +56,13 @@ public class StreamIndicesTest {
         assertEquals(expectedResult, actualResult);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void givenArray_whenGetIndexedStrings_thenReturnListOfOddStringsVersionTwo() {
+        String[] names = { "Afrim", "Bashkim", "Besim", "Lulzim", "Durim", "Shpetim" };
+        List<String> expectedResult = Arrays.asList("Bashkim", "Lulzim", "Shpetim");
+        List<String> actualResult = StreamIndices.getOddIndexedStringsVersionTwo(names);
+
+        assertEquals(expectedResult, actualResult);
+    }
+
 }
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