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?
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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?
There is a
containsmethod for lists, so you should be able to do:Warning: this might not do what you (or I) expect, see Tom’s comment below.