JAVA

java array check duplicates

duplicates = false;

for(i = 0; i < zipcodeList.length; i++) {
	for(j = i + 1; k < zipcodeList.length; j++) {
  		if(j != i && zipcodeList[j] == zipcodeList[i]) {
   	  		duplicates = true;
		}
	}
}

check if duplicate element in java

for (String name : names) {
     if (set.add(name) == false) {
        // your duplicate element
     }
}

java check array for duplicates

//same as the Grepper awnser but for anything
//gets the amount of times the object appears in the array
public static int amountOfTimesObjectAppearsInArray(ArrayList<?> array, Object checkMe) {
    int numCount = 0;
    for (Object o : array) {
        if (o.equals(checkMe)) numCount++;
    }
    return numCount;
}
//check if it appears more than once
public static boolean objectAppearsInArrayMoreThanOnce(ArrayList<?> array, Object checkMe) {
    return amountOfTimesObjectAppearsInArray(array, checkMe)>1;
}