Java Streams - Stream anyMatch(Predicate predicate) example

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Stream anyMatch(Predicate<? super T> predicate) tells whether any elements of this stream match the provided predicate.

Syntax

anyMatch has the following syntax.

boolean anyMatch(Predicate<? super T> predicate)

Example

The following example shows how to use anyMatch.

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;
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public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    List<Integer> numbers = Arrays.asList(1, 2, 3, 4, 5);
    boolean o = numbers.stream()
                     .anyMatch(n-> n % 2 ==0);

    System.out.println(o);
  }
}

The code above generates the following result.

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