Android - Check whether a value exist in an Array

Question

I have an array named "bob" which contains values.

String[] bob = { "this", "is", "a", "really", "silly", "list" }; 

How can I know whether "silly" value exists in the array named bob without iterating through it?

Answer 1

You can use List#contains method. For that you need to convert your array to a list. You can use Arrays#asList() method fot that:

String[] bob = { "this", "is", "a", "really", "silly", "list" };  if (Arrays.asList(bob).contains("silly")) {     // true } 

Answer 2

Convert the Array to List using static Arrays.asList(T) and check with List.contains(Object) to check if an object exists in the retuned collection.

    String[] bob = { "this", "is", "a", "really", "silly", "list" };            System.out.println(Arrays.asList(bob).contains("silly")); 

Traditional way however would be to iterate over the array and check at each element using equals().