Java - Opposite of .contains (does not contain)

Question

I have an if statement:

if (inventory.contains("bread"))

But now I want to check

• if inventory contains "bread"
• but does not contain "water".

How can I do this?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15730134/java-opposite-of-contains-does-not-contain

Answer 1

It seems that Luiggi Mendoza and joey rohan both already answered this, but I think it can be clarified a little.

You can write it as a single if statement:

if (inventory.contains("bread") && !inventory.contains("water")) {
    // do something
}