Java String - contains() Method
The Java contains() method is used to search the specified character sequence in the given string. It returns true if the string contains the specified character sequence, else returns false.
Syntax
public boolean contains(CharSequence s)
Parameters
s |
specify the sequence to search for. |
Return Value
Returns true if the string contains the specified character sequence, else returns false.
Exception
NA.
Example:
In the example below, contains() method is used to search the specified character sequence in the given string.
public class MyClass { public static void main(String[] args) { String MyString = "Learning Java is fun."; System.out.println(MyString.contains("Learn")); System.out.println(MyString.contains("Yearn")); } }
The output of the above code will be:
true false
❮ Java String Methods