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Java program to search an element from an ArrayList

In this java program, we are going to learn how to search an element from an ArrayList? To find an element, we use contains() method of ArrayList class.
Submitted by IncludeHelp, on October 21, 2017

Given an ArrayList, and we have to find/search an element from the list using Java program.

ArrayList.contains()

Method is used to check whether an element is exists in the ArrayList or not, this method return "false" if element is not found, and returns "true" if element exists in the ArrayList.

Syntax:

boolean ArrayList.contains(element);

Consider the program

import java.util.ArrayList;

public class SearchAnElement {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    //ArrayList object 
    ArrayList arrList = new ArrayList();

    //adding elements in the list
    arrList.add("100");
    arrList.add("200");
    arrList.add("300");
    arrList.add("400");
    arrList.add("500");

    //searching element "300"
    boolean isFound = arrList.contains("300");
    if (isFound == false)
      System.out.println("Element is not found in the list");
    else
      System.out.println("Element is found in the list");

  }
}

Output

Element is found in the list

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