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 kno

Answer 1

Here is an easy way to do it:

    ArrayList list = new ArrayList(Arrays.asList(bob ));
    if (list.contains("silly")) {
                    // my array has silly !
             }

The idea is to convert your Array to a ListArray object. but it would consume extra memory, so make sure it is worth it before using it.

Edit

If you are after peformance and saving memory you can use binary search algorthem instead: this way you don't have to allocate new objects:

Arrays.sort(array) 
int value = Arrays.binarySearch(array, "silly");
if (value != -1) {
// my array has silly !
}