diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 51f3b3c..ec92e50 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -79,6 +79,17 @@ final String result = collapseWhitespace(title);
 // result = "foo bar";
 ```
 
+## contains(value, needle, caseSensitive)
+
+Verifies that the needle is contained in value.
+
+```java
+boolean result = contains("foo bar", "bazz", false);
+// result = false
+
+boolean result = contains("foo bar", "FOO");
+// result = true
+```
 
 
 ## Other functions that can be added
diff --git a/src/main/java/strman/Strman.java b/src/main/java/strman/Strman.java
index e06ec45..6982126 100644
--- a/src/main/java/strman/Strman.java
+++ b/src/main/java/strman/Strman.java
@@ -12,9 +12,7 @@ import java.util.function.Supplier;
 public interface Strman {
 
     Predicate<String> NULL_STRING_PREDICATE = str -> str == null;
-    Predicate<String> EMPTY_STRING_PREDICATE = str -> str.length() == 0;
-    Predicate<String> NULL_AND_EMPTY_STRING_PREDICATE = NULL_STRING_PREDICATE.and(EMPTY_STRING_PREDICATE);
-    String EMPTY_STRING = " ";
+    Supplier<String> NULL_STRING_MSG_SUPPLIER = () -> "'value' should be not null.";
 
     /**
      * Appends Strings to value
@@ -35,7 +33,7 @@ public interface Strman {
      * @return full String
      */
     static String appendArray(final String value, final String[] appends) {
-        validate(value, NULL_STRING_PREDICATE, () -> "'value' should be not null.");
+        validate(value, NULL_STRING_PREDICATE, NULL_STRING_MSG_SUPPLIER);
         if (appends == null || appends.length == 0) {
             return value;
         }
@@ -69,14 +67,14 @@ public interface Strman {
     /**
      * Returns an array with strings between start and end.
      *
-     * @param value
-     * @param start
-     * @param end
+     * @param value input
+     * @param start start
+     * @param end end
      * @return Array containing different parts between start and end.
      */
 
     static String[] between(final String value, final String start, final String end) {
-        validate(value, NULL_STRING_PREDICATE, () -> "'value' should be not null.");
+        validate(value, NULL_STRING_PREDICATE, NULL_STRING_MSG_SUPPLIER);
         validate(start, NULL_STRING_PREDICATE, () -> "'start' should be not null.");
         validate(end, NULL_STRING_PREDICATE, () -> "'end' should be not null.");
 
@@ -95,7 +93,7 @@ public interface Strman {
          * The other implementation of this could be using String's split method
          * String[] chars = value.split("")
          */
-        validate(value, NULL_STRING_PREDICATE, () -> "'value' should be not null.");
+        validate(value, NULL_STRING_PREDICATE, NULL_STRING_MSG_SUPPLIER);
         int length = value.length();
         String[] result = new String[length];
         for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
@@ -112,13 +110,42 @@ public interface Strman {
      * @return collapsed String
      */
     static String collapseWhitespace(final String value) {
-        validate(value, NULL_STRING_PREDICATE, () -> "'value' should be not null.");
+        validate(value, NULL_STRING_PREDICATE, NULL_STRING_MSG_SUPPLIER);
         return value.trim().replaceAll("\\s\\s+", " ");
     }
 
+
     static void validate(String value, Predicate<String> predicate, final Supplier<String> supplier) {
         if (predicate.test(value)) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException(supplier.get());
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Verifies that the needle is contained in the value. The search is case insensitive
+     *
+     * @param value to search
+     * @param needle to find
+     * @return true if found else false.
+     */
+    static boolean contains(final String value, final String needle) {
+        return contains(value, needle, false);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     *
+     * Verifies that the needle is contained in the value.
+     *
+     * @param value to search
+     * @param needle to find
+     * @param caseSensitive true or false
+     * @return true if found else false.
+     */
+    static boolean contains(final String value, final String needle, final boolean caseSensitive) {
+        validate(value, NULL_STRING_PREDICATE, NULL_STRING_MSG_SUPPLIER);
+        if (caseSensitive) {
+            return value.indexOf(needle) > -1;
+        }
+        return value.toLowerCase().indexOf(needle.toLowerCase()) > -1;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/strman/StrmanTest.java b/src/test/java/strman/StrmanTest.java
index d775374..2c69fa8 100644
--- a/src/test/java/strman/StrmanTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/strman/StrmanTest.java
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import java.util.Optional;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.collection.IsArrayContainingInOrder.arrayContaining;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 import static strman.Strman.*;
 
 public class StrmanTest {
@@ -81,4 +81,28 @@ public class StrmanTest {
         String input = " foo      bar      bazz     hello    world    ";
         assertThat(collapseWhitespace(input), equalTo("foo bar bazz hello world"));
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void containsWithCaseSensitiveFalse_shouldReturnTrueWhenStringContainsNeedle() throws Exception {
+        String[] fixture = {
+                "foo bar",
+                "bar foo",
+                "foobar",
+                "foo"
+        };
+
+        Arrays.stream(fixture).forEach(el -> assertTrue(contains(el, "FOO")));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void containsWithCaseSensitiveTrue_shouldReturnTrueWhenStringContainsNeedle() throws Exception {
+        String[] fixture = {
+                "foo bar",
+                "bar foo",
+                "foobar",
+                "foo"
+        };
+
+        Arrays.stream(fixture).forEach(el -> assertFalse(contains(el, "FOO", true)));
+    }
 }
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