Find items in an array
import org.apache.commons.lang.ArrayUtils; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { String[] colours = { "Red", "Orange", "Yellow", "Green", "Blue", "Violet", "Orange", "Blue" }; boolean contains = ArrayUtils.contains(colours, "Blue"); System.out.println("Contains Blue? " + contains); int indexOfYellow = ArrayUtils.indexOf(colours, "Yellow"); System.out.println("indexOfYellow = " + indexOfYellow); int indexOfOrange = ArrayUtils.indexOf(colours, "Orange"); System.out.println("indexOfOrange = " + indexOfOrange); int lastIndexOfOrange = ArrayUtils.lastIndexOf(colours, "Orange"); System.out.println("lastIndexOfOrange = " + lastIndexOfOrange); } }