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Class

String

Name

indexOf()

Examples
String str = "CCCP";
int p1 = str.indexOf("C");
int p2 = str.indexOf("P");
int p3 = str.indexOf("CP");
println(p1 + ":" + p2 + ":" + p3);  // Prints '0:3:2'
Description Tests to see if a substring is embedded in a string and returns the index position of the first occurance of the substring defined in the str parameter. If the str parameter is not found in the string, -1 is returned.
Syntax
str.indexOf(str)
str.indexOf(str, fromIndex)
Parameters
str String: any variable of type String
str String: the substring to search
fromIndex int: the index from which to start the search
Returns int
Usage Web & Application
Updated on June 14, 2010 12:05:29pm EDT

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