How to check if an arraylist contains a value in Java

Hi,

One can use arraylist contains() method which is used to find if given data contains in the array list object.

The use of contains() method of ArrayList class is the easiest method to find if an object/string/value contains in the given ArrayList object.

Here is complete program example:

package my.package;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

public class ArrayListContainsExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        ArrayList<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
        list.add("1");
        list.add("2");
        list.add("3");
        list.add("4");
        list.add("5");
        list.add("6");
        list.add("7");
        list.add("8");
        list.add("9");
        list.add("10");

        //Check if arraylist contains 5
        boolean result = list.contains("5"); 
        if (result){
            System.out.println("List contains: 5"); 
        }else{
            System.out.println("List does not contains: 5");
        }

        //Check if arraylist contains 50
        result = list.contains("50"); 
        if (result){
            System.out.println("List contains: 50"); 
        }else{
            System.out.println("List does not contains: 50");
        }        
    }

}

Hope this helps you.

Thanks