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Java String contains() Method

Java String Class


The contains() method is used to determine whether a string contains a specified character or sequence of characters.

Syntax

public boolean contains(CharSequence chars)

Parameters

Return Value

Returns true if the string contains the specified character or string, otherwise returns false.

Example

The following example checks if "tutorialpro" contains certain characters or character sequences:

Example

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        String myStr = "tutorialpro";
        System.out.println(myStr.contains("Run"));
        System.out.println(myStr.contains("o"));
        System.out.println(myStr.contains("s"));
    }
}

The output of the above program is:

true
true
false

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