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Check if Java Array contains a certain value

  • In this tutorial see various ways to check if Java Array contains a particular value.
    Check if the array contains the value using linear search.
    public class TestArrayContains {
    
    	public static void main(String args[]) {
    		String[] values = { "AB", "BC", "CD", "AE" };
    		String testValue = "AB";
    		boolean contains = contains(values, testValue);
    		System.out.println("Does Array  contains value " + testValue + " is " + contains);
    	}
    
    	public static <T> boolean contains(final T[] array, final T v) {
    		if (v == null) {
    			for (final T e : array)
    				if (e == null)
    					return true;
    		} else {
    			for (final T e : array)
    				if (e == v || v.equals(e))
    					return true;
    		}
    
    		return false;
    	}
    
    }
    
  • Check if the array contains the value using Arrays class and Java 8 input Stream
    import java.util.Arrays;
    
    public class TestArrayContains {
    
    	public static void main(String args[]) {
    		String[] values = { "AB", "BC", "CD", "AE" };
    		String testValue = "AB";
    		boolean contains = isArrayContains(values, testValue);
    		System.out.println("Does Array  contains value " + testValue + " is " + contains);
    	}
    
    	public static <T> boolean isArrayContains(T[] array, T value) {
    		return Arrays.stream(array).anyMatch(value::equals);
    	}
    
    }
    
  • Check if the array contains the value using ArrayUtils.contains from Apache Commons Lang
    import java.util.Arrays;
    
    public class TestArrayContains {
    
    	public static void main(String args[]) {
    		String[] values = { "AB", "BC", "CD", "AE" };
    		String testValue = "AB";
    		if (ArrayUtils.contains(values, testValue)) {
    			System.out.println("Array contains" + testValue);
    		}
    	}
    }
    
  • If the array is a int, double or long we can use these IntStream, DoubleStream or LongStream respectively
    import java.util.Arrays;
    import java.util.stream.IntStream;
    
    public class TestArrayContains {
    
    	public static void main(String args[]) {
    		int[] values = { 1, 33, 55, 66 };
    		int testValue = 33;
    		boolean contains = IntStream.of(values).anyMatch(x -> x == testValue);
    		System.out.println("Does Array  contains value " + testValue + " is " + contains);
    	}
    
    	public static <T> boolean isArrayContains(T[] array, T value) {
    		return Arrays.stream(array).anyMatch(value::equals);
    	}
    
    }
    
  • If the array is sorted we can use the binarySearch method of the Arrays class
    
    import java.util.Arrays;
    import java.util.stream.IntStream;
    
    public class TestArrayContains {
    
    	public static void main(String args[]) {
    		int[] values = { 1, 33, 55, 66 };
    		int testValue = 33;
    		boolean contains = IntStream.of(values).anyMatch(x -> x == testValue);
    		System.out.println("Does Array  contains value " + testValue + " is " + contains);
    	}
    
    	public static int isArrayContains(int[] array, int value) {
    		return Arrays.binarySearch(array, value);
    	}
    
    }
    
    Check if the array contains the value converting it to Set
    
    import java.util.Arrays;
    import java.util.HashSet;
    
    public class TestArrayContains {
    
    	public static void main(String args[]) {
    		String[] values = { "AB", "BC", "CD", "AE" };
    		String testValue = "AB";
    		System.out.println(new HashSet(Arrays.asList(values)).contains(testValue));
    	}
    }
    

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