Check if a value is present in an Array in Java

Difficulty Level : Hard
Last Updated : 17 Dec, 2018

Given an array, the task is to check whether a certain element is present in this Array or not, in Java.

Examples:

Input: arr[] = [5, 1, 1, 9, 7, 2, 6, 10], key = 7
Output: true

Input: arr[] = [-1, 1, 5, 8], key = -2
Output: false

Below are various ways to do so:

Using Linear Search Method:
In this, the list or array is traversed sequentially and every element is checked.

Syntax:

for (int element : arr) {
    if (element == toCheckValue) {
        return true;
    }
}

Example:

// Java program to check wether
// an element is present in array or not
  
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.stream.IntStream;
  
class GFG {
  
    // Function return true if given element
    // found in array
    private static void check(int[] arr, int toCheckValue)
    {
        // check if the specified element
        // is present in the array or not
        // using Linear Search method
        boolean test = false;
        for (int element : arr) {
            if (element == toCheckValue) {
                test = true;
                break;
            }
        }
  
        // Print the result
        System.out.println("Is " + toCheckValue
                           + " present in the array: " + test);
    }
  
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
  
        // Get the array
        int arr[] = { 5, 1, 1, 9, 7, 2, 6, 10 };
  
        // Get the value to be checked
        int toCheckValue = 7;
  
        // Print the array
        System.out.println("Array: "
                           + Arrays.toString(arr));
  
        // Check if this value is
        // present in the array or not
        check(arr, toCheckValue);
    }
}

Output:

Array: [5, 1, 1, 9, 7, 2, 6, 10]
Is 7 present in the array: true

Using Binary Search Method:
In this, search a sorted array by repeatedly dividing the search interval in half. Begin with an interval covering the whole array. If the value of the search key is less than the item in the middle of the interval, narrow the interval to the lower half. Otherwise narrow it to the upper half. Repeatedly check until the value is found or the interval is empty.

In this example, Arrays.binarySearch() method is used for Binary Search.

Syntax:

public static int 
    binarySearch(data_type arr, data_type key)

Example:

// Java program to check wether
// an element is present in array or not
  
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.stream.IntStream;
  
class GFG {
  
    // Function return true if given element
    // found in array
    private static void check(int[] arr, int toCheckValue)
    {
        // sort given array
        Arrays.sort(arr);
  
        // check if the specified element
        // is present in the array or not
        // using Binary Search method
        int res = Arrays.binarySearch(arr, toCheckValue);
  
        boolean test = res > 0 ? true : false;
  
        // Print the result
        System.out.println("Is " + toCheckValue
                           + " present in the array: " + test);
    }
  
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
  
        // Get the array
        int arr[] = { 5, 1, 1, 9, 7, 2, 6, 10 };
  
        // Get the value to be checked
        int toCheckValue = 7;
  
        // Print the array
        System.out.println("Array: "
                           + Arrays.toString(arr));
  
        // Check if this value is
        // present in the array or not
        check(arr, toCheckValue);
    }
}

Output:

Array: [5, 1, 1, 9, 7, 2, 6, 10]
Is 7 present in the array: true

Using List.contains() Method: List contains() method in Java is used for checking if the specified element exists in the given list or not.

Syntax:

public boolean contains(Object)

where object-element to be searched for.

Example:

// Java program to check wether
// an element is present in array or not
  
import java.util.Arrays;
  
class GFG {
  
    // Function return true if given element
    // found in array
    private static void check(Integer[] arr, int toCheckValue)
    {
        // check if the specified element
        // is present in the array or not
        // using contains() method
        boolean test
            = Arrays.asList(arr)
                  .contains(toCheckValue);
  
        // Print the result
        System.out.println("Is " + toCheckValue
                           + " present in the array: " + test);
    }
  
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
  
        // Get the array
        Integer arr[] = { 5, 1, 1, 9, 7, 2, 6, 10 };
  
        // Get the value to be checked
        int toCheckValue = 7;
  
        // Print the array
        System.out.println("Array: "
                           + Arrays.toString(arr));
  
        // Check if this value is
        // present in the array or not
        check(arr, toCheckValue);
    }
}

Output:

Array: [5, 1, 1, 9, 7, 2, 6, 10]
Is 7 present in the array: true

Using Stream.anyMatch() Method:
Stream anyMatch(Predicate predicate) returns whether any elements of this stream match the provided predicate. It may not evaluate the predicate on all elements if not necessary for determining the result.

Syntax:

boolean anyMatch(Predicate<T> predicate)

Where T is the type of the input to the predicate
and the function returns true if any elements of
the stream match the provided predicate, 
otherwise false.

Example 1: Using Stream.of() method to create Stream

// Java program to check wether
// an element is present in array or not
  
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.stream.IntStream;
  
class GFG {
  
    // Function return true if given element
    // found in array
    private static void check(int[] arr, int toCheckValue)
    {
        // check if the specified element
        // is present in the array or not
        // using anyMatch() method
        boolean test
            = IntStream.of(arr)
                  .anyMatch(x -> x == toCheckValue);
  
        // Print the result
        System.out.println("Is " + toCheckValue
                           + " present in the array: " + test);
    }
  
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
  
        // Get the array
        int arr[] = { 5, 1, 1, 9, 7, 2, 6, 10 };
  
        // Get the value to be checked
        int toCheckValue = 7;
  
        // Print the array
        System.out.println("Array: "
                           + Arrays.toString(arr));
  
        // Check if this value is
        // present in the array or not
        check(arr, toCheckValue);
    }
}

Output:

Array: [5, 1, 1, 9, 7, 2, 6, 10]
Is 7 present in the array: true

Example 2: Using Arrays.stream() method to create Stream

// Java program to check wether
// an element is present in array or not
  
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.stream.IntStream;
  
class GFG {
  
    // Function return true if given element
    // found in array
    private static void check(int[] arr, int toCheckValue)
    {
        // check if the specified element
        // is present in the array or not
        // using anyMatch() method
        boolean test
            = IntStream.of(arr)
                  .anyMatch(x -> x == toCheckValue);
  
        // Print the result
        System.out.println("Is " + toCheckValue
                           + " present in the array: " + test);
    }
  
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
  
        // Get the array
        int arr[] = { 5, 1, 1, 9, 7, 2, 6, 10 };
  
        // Get the value to be checked
        int toCheckValue = 7;
  
        // Print the array
        System.out.println("Array: "
                           + Arrays.toString(arr));
  
        // Check if this value is
        // present in the array or not
        check(arr, toCheckValue);
    }
}

Output:

Array: [5, 1, 1, 9, 7, 2, 6, 10]
Is 7 present in the array: true

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