Java - Write code to Loop through the bounds of str starting at start and incrementally moves in the direction of adder. The loop searches for a single character in the bounds of str that is in the collection of characters.

Requirements

Write code to Loop through the bounds of str starting at start and incrementally moves in the direction of adder. The loop searches for a single character in the bounds of str that is in the collection of characters.

Demo

public class Main{
    public static void main(String[] argv){
        String str = "book2s.com";
        char[] characters = new char[]{'b','o','o','k','2','s','.','c','o','m','a','1',};
        int start = 2;
        int adder = 4;
        System.out.println(loopIndexOfAny(str,characters,start,adder));
    }//from   w  w w. j  a  v a 2  s . c om
    /***
     * Loops through the bounds of str starting at start and incrementally moves
     * in the direction of adder.<br>
     * <br>
     * 
     * The loop searches for a single character in the bounds of str that is in
     * the collection of characters.
     * 
     * @param str
     *            The string to search.
     * @param characters
     *            The characters to search for.
     * @param start
     *            The index to start searching.
     * @param adder
     *            The number of indices to jump when incrementing to the next
     *            character.
     * @return The index of the instance of any character in str. Returns less
     *         than 0 if nothing can be found.
     */
    private static int loopIndexOfAny(final String str,
            final char[] characters, final int start, final int adder) {
        for (int index = start; index >= 0 && index < str.length(); index += adder) {
            char c = str.charAt(index);

            if (ZArrayUtil.contains(characters, c)) {
                return index;
            }
        }
        return -1;
    }
}

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