A Java program that checks if a String array contains a particular string value. Check the blogpost at https://coderolls.com/java-check-if-array-contains-value-or-element/

CheckInStringArray.java

import java.util.Arrays;

/**
 * A Java program that checks if a String array contains a particular string value
 * 
 * @author Gaurav Kukade
 *
 */
public class CheckInStringArray {

	public static void main(String[] args) {
	
		String [] names = {"gaurav", "shubham", "krishna", "mayur"};
		
		String checkForString = "mayur";
		
		boolean stringPresentInArray = Arrays.asList(names).contains(checkForString);
		
		if(stringPresentInArray) {
			System.out.println("String value '"+checkForString+"' is present in names Array.");
		}else {
			System.out.println("String value '"+checkForString+"' is not present in names Array.");
		}

	}
  //Output:
  //String value 'mayur' is present in names Array.
}