Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; public class Main { /** * Can't believe I need to write this myself, but I guess * it's just 7 lines of code and infinitely more trustworthy * than that java.Arrays.binarySearch crap. * TODO this probably should go into some sort of kUtil class */ public static int arrayLinearSearch(Object[] a, Object s) { for (int i = 0; i < a.length; i++) { if (s.equals(a[i])) return i; } return -1; } }