009:How can I test if an array contains a certain value?

题目：判断一个元素是否在数组中？

1.存储到List中，让List 去遍历
2.存储到Set中，让set去遍历
3.自己顺序遍历
4.二分查找

import java.util.*;



public class stackoverFlow {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        String[] A = new String[]{"AA","BB","CC","DD","EE"};
        int limit = 10000000;
        String target = "CC";
        //use list
        long startTime = System.nanoTime();
        for (int i = 0; i < limit; i++) {
            useList(A, target);
        }
        long endTime = System.nanoTime();
        long duration = endTime - startTime;
        System.out.println("useList:  " + duration / 1000000);

        //use set
        startTime = System.nanoTime();
        for (int i = 0; i < limit; i++) {
            useSet(A, target);
        }
        endTime = System.nanoTime();
        duration = endTime - startTime;
        System.out.println("useSet:  " + duration / 1000000);

        //use loop
        startTime = System.nanoTime();
        for (int i = 0; i < limit; i++) {
            useLoop(A, target);
        }
        endTime = System.nanoTime();
        duration = endTime - startTime;
        System.out.println("useLoop:  " + duration / 1000000);

        //use Arrays.binarySearch()
        startTime = System.nanoTime();
        for (int i = 0; i < limit; i++) {
            useArraysBinarySearch(A, target);
        }
        endTime = System.nanoTime();
        duration = endTime - startTime;
        System.out.println("useArrayBinary:  " + duration / 1000000);


    }
    /**
     * List
     * @param A
     * @param target
     * @return
     */
    private static boolean useList(String[] A,String target){
        return Arrays.asList(A).contains(target);
    }

    /**
     * Set
     * @param A
     * @param target
     * @return
     */
    private static boolean useSet(String[] A,String target){
        Set<String> set = new HashSet<String>(Arrays.asList(A));
        return set.contains(target);
    }

    /**
     * Loop
     * @param A
     * @param target
     * @return
     */
    public static boolean useLoop(String[] A, String target) {
        for(String s: A){
            if(s.equals(target))
                return true;
        }
        return false;
    }

    /**
     * BinarySearch
     * @param A
     * @param target
     * @return
     */
    public static boolean useArraysBinarySearch(String[] A, String target) {    
        int a =  Arrays.binarySearch(A, target);
        if(a > 0)
            return true;
        else
            return false;
    }



}

输出
limit = 100000

useList:  13
useSet:  74
useLoop:  10
useArrayBinary:  4

limit = 10000000

useList:  118
useSet:  1778
useLoop:  106
useArrayBinary:  33

所以，普通的顺序遍历瞧过还是很好的，如果知道是排序的时候可以利用二分查找，或者利用红黑树进行查找，红黑树查找效率更高
参考：http://www.programcreek.com/2014/04/check-if-array-contains-a-value-java/

本专题来源stackoverflow 标签是java的投票数比较高的问题以及回答，我只对上面的回答根据自己的理解做下总结。