diff --git a/doc/files/utils/arrayutil.html b/doc/files/utils/arrayutil.html
index 2044a39..b5e5739 100644
--- a/doc/files/utils/arrayutil.html
+++ b/doc/files/utils/arrayutil.html
@@ -147,6 +147,11 @@
 <h2>Functions</h2>
 <table class="function_list">
 
+    <tr>
+    <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#arrayutil.contains">arrayutil.contains</a>&nbsp;(array, item, equals)</td>
+    <td class="summary">Gets if the given array contains the given item.</td>
+    </tr>
+
     <tr>
     <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#arrayutil.index">arrayutil.index</a>&nbsp;(array, item, equals)</td>
     <td class="summary">Gets the index of the item in the given array.</td>
@@ -205,6 +210,43 @@
 
 
 
+<dt><a name="arrayutil.contains"></a><strong>arrayutil.contains</strong>&nbsp;(array, item, equals)</dt>
+<dd>
+Gets if the given array contains the given item. 
+
+
+<h3>Parameters</h3>
+<ul>
+	
+	<li>
+	  array: The array to search in.
+	</li>
+	
+	<li>
+	  item: The item to search for, can either be an item or another array.
+	</li>
+	
+	<li>
+	  equals: Optional. The function to determine if items equal each other, defaults to tableutil.equals.
+	</li>
+	
+</ul>
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<h3>Return value:</h3>
+true if the array contains the given item.
+
+
+
+</dd>
+
+
+
+
 <dt><a name="arrayutil.index"></a><strong>arrayutil.index</strong>&nbsp;(array, item, equals)</dt>
 <dd>
 Gets the index of the item in the given array. 
diff --git a/test/arrayutil.lua b/test/arrayutil.lua
index dc8e51e..1a14673 100644
--- a/test/arrayutil.lua
+++ b/test/arrayutil.lua
@@ -11,6 +11,22 @@ dofile("./utils/tableutil.lua")
 test.start("arrayutil")
 
 
+test.run("contains", function()
+	test.equals(false, arrayutil.contains({}, nil))
+	
+	test.equals(true, arrayutil.contains({ "test" }, "test"))
+	test.equals(true, arrayutil.contains({ "a", "b", "test" }, "test"))
+	test.equals(true, arrayutil.contains({ "a", "b" , "c", "test", "d", "e" }, "test"))
+	
+	test.equals(true, arrayutil.contains({ "a", "b" , "c", "test", "d", "e" }, { "a", "b", "c" }))
+	test.equals(true, arrayutil.contains({ "a", "b" , "c", "test", "d", "e" }, { "b", "c" }))
+	test.equals(true, arrayutil.contains({ "a", "b" , "c", "test", "d", "e" }, { "d", "e" }))
+	test.equals(true, arrayutil.contains({ "a", "b" , "c", "test", "d", "e" }, { "d", "e", "a", "b" }))
+	
+	test.equals(false, arrayutil.contains({ "a", "b" , "c", "test", "d", "e" }, { "b", "d" }))
+	test.equals(false, arrayutil.contains({ "a", "b" , "c", "test", "d", "e" }, { "d", "e", "a", "c" }))
+end)
+
 test.run("index", function()
 	test.equals(-1, arrayutil.index({}, nil))
 	
diff --git a/utils/arrayutil.lua b/utils/arrayutil.lua
index f739ebf..eb69d2b 100644
--- a/utils/arrayutil.lua
+++ b/utils/arrayutil.lua
@@ -33,6 +33,17 @@ OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 arrayutil = {}
 
 
+--- Gets if the given array contains the given item.
+--
+-- @param array The array to search in.
+-- @param item The item to search for, can either be an item or another array.
+-- @param equals Optional. The function to determine if items equal each other,
+--               defaults to tableutil.equals.
+-- @return true if the array contains the given item.
+function arrayutil.contains(array, item, equals)
+	return arrayutil.index(array, item, equals) >= 0
+end
+
 --- Gets the index of the item in the given array.
 --
 -- @param array The array to search in.