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<td>String</td>

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<td><h3>indexOf()</h3></td>

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<td><div class="example"><pre>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'</pre></div></td>

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<th scope="row">Description</th>

<td>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 <b>str</b> parameter.

If the <b>str</b> parameter is not found in the string, -1 is returned.

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<td><pre><kbd>str</kbd>.indexOf(<kbd>index</kbd>)</pre><br />

<pre><kbd>str</kbd>.indexOf(<kbd>index</kbd>,<kbd>fromIndex</kbd>)</pre>

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<th scope="row">str</th>

<td>String: any variable of type String</td>

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<th scope="row">str</th>

<td>String: the substring to search</td>

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<th scope="row">fromIndex</th>

<td>int: the index from which to start the search</td>

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<td>int</td>

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<td>Web & Application</td>

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