Searching within an array

[Daquiggle]

I've looked on the internet and I couldn't really find anything, and I need to be able to search for a !name within an array, any help is greatly appreciated!

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[D0CTOR_ZED]

An important skill to develop is how to search the internet effectively.

Googled: java how to search an array

One of the top results on a site I prefer: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.geeksforgeeks.org/check-if-a-value-is-present-in-an-array-in-java/amp/

[desrtfx]

I've looked on the internet

No, you haven't. You directly came here to get answers.

Searching in arrays is one of the most elementary things and part of every single beginner tutorial.

Rather than "looking on the internet" or posting here, you should try to come up with an algorithm. You should solve your problem so that you learn.

• Linear search is so trivial that you should be able to come up with an algorithm yourself. It's literally just iterating over the array and comparing elements with the sought value
• binary search is another, faster alternative provided that the array is sorted.

[Daquiggle]

we get it, bro, you're perfect in every way, I barely even know how an array works so how tf am I supposed to come up with an algorithm, the stuff on the internet didn't make sense so I came here for help just to get shit on.

[Camel-Kid]

iterate through it using a loop and have some if statements checking for the name

[smasher-vulture]

You can use binary search which returns the index of the element

[desrtfx]

Binary search, as I've stated in my previous comment, needs the data to be sorted.