ArrayList contains case sensitivity

Question

I am currently using the contains method belonging to the ArrayList class for making a search. Is there a way to make this search case insensitive in java? I found that in C

Answer 1

For java8

list.stream().anyMatch(s -> s.equalsIgnoreCase(yourString))

For < java8

• as suggested by Aaron J Lang above
• Or if you know case of your list ( all upper /all lower ) then convert the search string to appropriate case before comparing