System Namespace   String Class

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Reports the index of the first occurrence of the specified String in the given String.

[ VB ]
<Serializable>
Overloads Public Function IndexOf ( _
   ByVal value As String _
) As Integer

[ C# ]
[ Serializable ]
public int IndexOf (
   string value
);

[ C++ ]
[ Serializable ]
public: int IndexOf (
   String* value
);

[ JScript ]
public Serializable
function IndexOf (
   value : String
) : int;

value

The String to seek.

Value	Meaning
A positive index position.	value was found.
0	value is Empty.
-1	value was not found.

Exception Type	Condition
ArgumentNullException	value is a null reference ( Nothing in Visual Basic ).

The search begins at the first character position of this instance and continues until the last character position. The search is case-sensitive and uses the current culture.

String Members   String.IndexOf Overload List   Int32   CultureInfo   IndexOfAny   LastIndexOf   LastIndexOfAny

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