Java Array Search isInArray(String needle, String[] haystack)

Description

check to see if the given value is in the array

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
needle	the value to look for
haystack	the array to look in

Declaration

public static boolean isInArray(String needle, String[] haystack) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from www .ja v a2  s .co m*/
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 *
 * This file is part of the MaGDAA Rhizome Analysis software
 *
 * MaGDAA Rhizome Analysis software is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
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 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
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import java.util.Arrays;

public class Main {
    /**
     * check to see if the given value is in the array
     * @param needle the value to look for
     * @param haystack the array to look in
     * @return
     */
    public static boolean isInArray(String needle, String[] haystack) {

        return Arrays.asList(haystack).contains(needle);

    }
}

Related

1. indexOf(T[] array, T toSearch)
2. isIn(char to_find, char[] to_search)
3. isIn(String name, String[] array)
4. isIn(String name, String[] array)
5. isInArray(final T ch, final T[] a)
6. memchr(boolean[] ary, int start, int len, boolean find)
7. memchr(char[] haystack, int offset, char needle, int num)
8. memchr(T[] ptr, T value)
9. replaceAll(String text, char[] toSearch, char toReplace)