Does Java have a "IN" operator or function like SQL? [duplicate]

Question

I want to know if there's a way of doing something like this in Java :

if(word in stringArray) {   ... } 

I know I can make a function for this but I just want to know if Java has already something for this.

Thank you!

Answer 1

There are many collections that will let you do something similar to that. For example:

With Strings:

String s = "I can has cheezeburger?"; boolean hasCheese = s.contains("cheeze"); 

or with Collections:

List<String> listOfStrings = new ArrayList<String>(); boolean hasString = listOfStrings.contains(something); 

However, there is no similar construct for a simple String[].

Answer 2

In SQL

x in ('Alice', 'Bob', 'Carol') 

In Java:

Arrays.asList("Alice", "Bob", "Carol").contains(x)