Re: help with my String

[Alain Nicolet <anicolet@spiredex.com>]

Use the indexOf(String) method on the String class:

public int indexOf(String str)
Returns the index within this string of the first occurrence of the 
specified substring. The integer returned is the smallest value k such that:
  this.startsWith(str, k)

is true.
Parameters:
str - any string.
Returns:
if the string argument occurs as a substring within this object, then the 
index of the first character of the first such substring is returned; if it 
does not occur as a substring, -1 is returned.
Throws:
NullPointerException - if str is null.



enjoy,

Alain


At 07:56 AM 10/5/2001 -0400, wsteele3@csc.com wrote:
>I'm having a bit of a brain hiccup.  Does anybody know the easiest way of
>checking a string value to see if it includes a certain pair of characters.
>
>ie.
>
>Sting str = "H1#H2#H3#H4#H5#";
>//I want to check to see if the values, "H3" can be found within this
>string.
>
>I didn't see a method for such an operation in the String class.  Any ideas
>on an quick way to do this?
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Wade Steele