Array.prototype.contains = function(obj) {
  var i = this.length;
  while (i--) {
    if (this[i] === obj) {
      return true;
    }
  }
  return false;
}

Array.prototype.contains = function(element) {
  for (var i = 0; i < this.length; i++) {
    if (this[i] == element) {
      return true;
    }
  }
  return false;
}

Array.prototype.in_array = function(e) {
  for(i=0; i<this.length && this[i]!=e; i++);
  return !(i==this.length);
}

Array.prototype.S = String.fromCharCode(2);
Array.prototype.in_array = function(e) {
  var r = new RegExp(this.S+e+this.S);
  return (r.test(this.S+this.join(this.S)+this.S));
}