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Java Java Objects Meet Objects Refresher

Posted by Francis Ojuok
Francis Ojuok
1,238 Points

Which method on String will allow you to check if one String is part of another. String someWords = "These are words";

Discouraged and confused

4 Answers

andren
andren
28,558 Points
andren
andren
28,558 Points

The method is contains, it was shown off and explained in the video directly preceding the quiz.

August Oliver
August Oliver
5,933 Points
August Oliver
August Oliver
5,933 Points

String someWords = "These are words";

someWords.contains("words");

Simon Coates
Simon Coates
28,694 Points
Simon Coates
Simon Coates
28,694 Points

the answer is the contains method. If you get stuck on methods available on classes, you can consult the online documentation. eg. https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/String.html#contains(java.lang.CharSequence)

batsirai chitare
batsirai chitare
759 Points
batsirai chitare
batsirai chitare
759 Points

i have used contains