Is it possible to print a number ONLY if it is a value in an array? (Java)

Question

I am trying to figure out whether it is possible to print out an int ONLY if it is a value in an array of numbers. For example:

import java.util.Random;

public class arrays {
    Random random = new Random();

    public void method () {
        int[] numbers = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9};

        int j = random.nextInt(20);

        if() {
            System.out.println("It is in the array.");
        } else {
            System.out.println("It is not in the array.");
        }
    }
}

What I am not sure about is what you would put in the parentheses after the "if" in order for the System to print "It is in the array" ONLY if j is between 1 and 9.

Thanks!

yes it is possible to see http://stackoverflow.com/a/1128728/3651739 — Jishnu Prathap, Jul 26 '15 at 17:21

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 26 '15 at 17:17

Use the java.util.Arrays utility class. It can convert your array to a list allowing you to use the contains method or it has a binary search allowing you to find the index of your number, or -1 if it is not in the array.

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Random;

public class arrays {
    Random random = new Random();

    public void method () {
        int[] numbers = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9};

        int j = random.nextInt(20);

        if( Arrays.binarySearch(numbers, j) != -1 ) {
            System.out.println("It is in the array.");
        } else {
            System.out.println("It is not in the array.");
        }
    }
}

Lukas Rotter · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-26T17:37:25.003

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import java.util.Random;

public class arrays {
    Random random = new Random();

    public void method () {
        Integer[] numbers = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9};

        int j = random.nextInt(20);

        if(Arrays.asList(numbers).contains(j)) {
            System.out.println("It is in the array.");
        } else {
            System.out.println("It is not in the array.");
        }
    }
}

edited Jul 26 '15 at 17:37

answered Jul 26 '15 at 17:10

Lukas Rotter

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I tried to do this but no matter what number j is (I added "System.out.println(j);" so I can tell what j is), I get "It is not in the array" even when it is. Any idea why? Thanks. – JCS Jul 26 '15 at 17:31

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 26 '15 at 17:10

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Arrays.asList(numbers).contains(j)

or

ArrayUtils.contains( numbers, j )

answered Jul 26 '15 at 17:10

Vishnu

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 26 '15 at 17:17

Since your array is sorted, you can use Arrays.binarySearch which returns index of the element if it is present in the array, otherwise returns -1.

if(Arrays.binarySearch(numbers,j) != -1){
     system.out.println("It is in the array.");
} else {
     system.out.println("It is not in the array.");
}

Just a faster way to search and you also don't need to convert your array to list.

Is it possible to print a number ONLY if it is a value in an array? (Java)

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