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Java String indexOf() Method

❮ String Methods

Example

String myStr = "Hello planet earth, you are a great planet.";
System.out.println(myStr.indexOf("planet"));

Definition and Usage

The indexOf() method returns the position of the first occurrence of specified character(s) in a string.

Tip

Use the lastIndexOf method to return the position of the last occurrence of specified character(s) in a string.

One of the following

public int indexOf(String
str )
public int indexOf(String
str , int
fromIndex )
public int indexOf(int
char )
public int indexOf(int
char , int
fromIndex )

Parameter Values

ParameterDescription
strA String value, representing the string to search for
fromIndexAn int value, representing the index position to start the search from
charAn int value, representing a single character, e.g 'A', or a Unicode value

Technical Details

Returns:An int value, representing the index of the first occurrence of the character in the string, or -1 if it never occurs

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