14 May String indexOf (int ch, int fromIndex) method in Java

The indexOf (int ch, int fromIndex) method in Java returns the index within this string of the first occurrence of the specified character, starting the search at the specified index.

Syntax

Let us see the syntax,

int indexOf(int ch, int fromIndex)

Parameters

Let us see the parameters,

• ch − character
• fromIndex − index to start the search from

Example

The following is an example of indexOf(int ch, int fromIndex),

public class StudyopediaDemo {

   public static void main(String args[]) {
	 
      String message = new String("Studyopedia provides free learning content!");
      
      System.out.println(message);
      System.out.println("Index of character i: "+message.indexOf( 'i',15 ));
  } 
}

Output

The following is the output,