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Returns true if any element equals the value.
Contains( a, v ) as boolean#import "std/containers"
using containers
dim v as Array( of int32 )
v.Push( 10 ) : v.Push( 20 )
'' T is inferred from the array, so the value must already BE a T --
'' a bare `20` is an INTEGER literal and gives error 340
dim as int32 wanted = 20
print Contains( v, wanted ) '' true
dim as int32 absent = 99
print Contains( v, absent ) '' false
'' Exactly IndexOf( ) >= 0, for the common case where the position is
'' not wantedLibrary: Array Container
Category: Array
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