How to check if a string is part of any string in a list of strings with Groovy?

Question

Given

String myString = "blah"
List list = ["a", "b", "cblah", "dblah"]

Task

Check if "blah" is contained in any element of list.

Lernkurve · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-14 10:13:43Z

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Solution

println list.any { it.contains(myString) }
println list.find { it.contains(myString) }
list.findAll { it.contains(myString) }.each { print it + " " }

Console output

true
cblah
cblah dblah

Explanation

any returns true or false.

find returns the first element that contains "blah".

findAll returns all elements that contain "blah".

answered Jan 14, 2015 at 10:08

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