Finding an element in an array in Java

Question

Does Java have a built-function to allow me to linearly search for an element in an array or do I have to just use a for loop?

Answer 1

There is a contains method for lists, so you should be able to do:

Arrays.asList(yourArray).contains(yourObject); 

Warning: this might not do what you (or I) expect, see Tom's comment below.