Does the bash array include the item?

hasItem.sh

function hasItem() {
  local _item=${1}
  # local _array=("$@")
  local _array=("${@:2}")
  echo "Looking at array --> ${_array[*]}"
  for i in "${_array[@]}"; do
    echo "Comparing ${i} to ${_item}"
    if [[ $_item == "${i}" ]]; then
      echo "yes"
      return 0
    fi
  done
  echo "no"
  return 1
}

l1=( one two four )
if ! hasItem "three" "${l1[@]}"; then
  echo "SUCCESS"
else
  echo "FAIL"
fi

if hasItem "four" "${l1[@]}"; then
  echo "SUCCESS"
else
  echo "FAIL"
fi

My version using parameter expansion and splitting with |

hasItem() {
	joinByChar() { local IFS="$1"; shift; echo "$*"; }
	shopt -s extglob
	local element="$1"
	shift
	local array=("$@")
	[[ "$element" == @($(joinByChar '|' "${array[@]//|/\\|}")) ]] && return 0 || return 1
}