find the position of the first occurrence of the string within a string /** * * This example show how to find the position of a character in a string. * */ public void indexOfExample1() { String str; int position; char COMMA = ','; str = "Student, Joe"; // find the position of the first occurance of the comma in str position = str.indexOf(COMMA); // output the position and the string System.out.println(position); System.out.println(str); } public void indexOfExample2() { String str; int position; char ch = 'z'; str = "Student, Joe"; // a character that is not in the string returns a -1 position = str.indexOf(ch); // output the position and the string System.out.println(position); System.out.println(str); } |
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