Java String Contains Example

The contains() method of String class returns true if and only if this string contains the specified sequence of char values.

Example

Live Demo

import java.lang.*;
public class StringDemo {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      String str1 = "tutorials point", str2 = "https://";
      CharSequence cs1 = "int";

      // string contains the specified sequence of char values
      boolean retval = str1.contains(cs1);
      System.out.println("Method returns : " + retval);

      // string does not contain the specified sequence of char value
      retval = str2.contains("_");
      System.out.println("Methods returns: " + retval);
   }
}

Output

Method returns : true
Methods returns: false