Slice search loop can be replaced with 'slices.Contains'

Reports loops that check whether a slice contains a value by comparing each element with ==.

For comparable element types, slices.Contains performs the same check in one call.

Example:

func HasInt(xs []int, target int) bool {
	for _, x := range xs {
		if x == target {
			return true
		}
	}
	return false
}

To fix the code, use the Replace loop by call to slices.Contains quick-fix.

After the quick-fix is applied:

func HasInt(xs []int, target int) bool {
	return slices.Contains(xs, target)
}

Locating this inspection

By ID

Can be used to locate inspection in e.g. Qodana configuration files, where you can quickly enable or disable it, or adjust its settings.

GoFixSlicesContains

Via Settings dialog

Path to the inspection settings via IntelliJ Platform IDE Settings dialog, when you need to adjust inspection settings directly from your IDE.

Settings or Preferences | Editor | Inspections | Go | Go fix

Inspection ID: GoFixSlicesContains

Suppressing Inspection

You can suppress this inspection by placing the following comment marker before the code fragment where you no longer want messages from this inspection to appear:

//noinspection GoFixSlicesContains

More detailed instructions as well as other ways and options that you have can be found in the product documentation:

GoLand 2026.2

Inspection Details
By default bundled with:	GoLand 2026.2, Qodana for Go 2026.2,

Last modified: 30 June 2026