Java Data Type How to - Search Strings for Characters from String start








Question

We would like to know how to search Strings for Characters from String start.

Answer

public class MainClass{
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  public static void main(String[] arg){
    String str = "abcde";
    
    int index = 0;        
    index = str.indexOf('c');  

    System.out.println(index);
  }

The code above generates the following result.