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Well, I'm not having trouble or anything, but I'm wondering why the String
class doesnt have a contains method?

eg

public boolean contains(String str)

So you could write

if(myString.contains("poo" ) {
/ / Do whatever
}

Right now the only way to do this (or easiest at least) is to use
indexOf(String s) and see if the result isn't '-1'. So I propose:


public boolean contains(String full, String searched) {

if(full.indexOf(searched) != -1)
return true;

else { return false; }

}


Of course, you could make it so it extends the String class, but just an
example? I think this form of String manipulation would be most useful in
many cases..

Anyone else agree it'd be a useful addition?

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> Of course, you could make it so it extends the String class, but just an

If by extending you ment subclassing - id be hard as Strings are final.

> example? I think this form of String manipulation would be most useful in
> many cases..

And - i see nothing wrong in using indexOf, or ragexsps for more
complicated requests.
Adding such a feature would sound as an overkill - for me.

Greetings
Michal.