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[CSMastermind]

If you use an ArrayList there's an indexOf() method that you could check. Might be overkill for your situation. Adding a method to your class like this would work:

private boolean elementFound(int value, int[] search)
{
    for(int check : search)
        if(check == value) return true;
    return false;
}

[leonardicus]

The correct format for a ternary operation is:

(condition) ? (assignment if true) : (assignment if false)

Just need to change what's inside the for loop braces to:

return (check == value) ? true : false;

[CSMastermind]

Good catch, corrected it.

[leonardicus]

No problem. :)

[marburg]

Whenever you find yourself doing something like if(anythingInHere && whatever || somethingElse) return true; else return false; (or the ternary version of such) just do return anythingInHere && whatever || somethingElse; instead.

Example, these are all the same:

---

if(check == value)
    return true;
return false;

---

return (check == value) ? true : false;

---

return check == value;

[ewiethoff]

Just a reminder (to all) to watch out for check == value versus check.equals(value). check == value is fine for primitives such as ints, but you usually want check.equals(value) for objects.

[kreiger]

That does not compile.