# Overview

The `contains()` method is used to check if an element occurs in a list.
This method takes one parameter and returns a boolean value indicating whether or not that item is found in the list.

# Syntax
```
list_name.contains(searchItem);
```
`list_name` is the name of the list to be searched.

# Parameters
The `searchItem` represents the item to be found.

# Return value
The method `contains()` returns `true` if the item is found, otherwise it returns `false`.

# Code
The following example shows how to use the `contains()` method. Click on the "Run" button to execute the code. 

void main(){
// Creating list
  var myList = [20, 15, 37, 23, 60, 50, 20];
  // Item to be found
  int searchItem = 23;
  // stores boolean in variable found
  bool found =  myList.contains(searchItem);

  if (found) {
    print("$searchItem is present in the list");
  } else {
    print("$searchItem is not present in the list");
  }
}

What is the list.contains() method in Dart?

Overview

Syntax

Parameters

Return value

Code