It's not terribly clean, but you could use indexOf() and check if it returns -1. Better than breaking out a loop.
Most new Java developers quickly learn that they should generally compare Java Strings using String.equals(Object) rather than using ==. This is emphasized and reinforced to new developers repeatedly ...
Ok, I have a pair class (same one mentioned in earlier thread) that I am inserting into a LinkedHashSet. LHSs cannot have duplicate values and I'm assuming that it tests equality by calling the equals ...