System Namespace   String Class

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Reports the index of the first occurrence of the specified String in the given String. The search starts at a specified character position.

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

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

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

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

value

The String to seek.

startIndex

The search starting position.

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

Exception Type	Condition
ArgumentNullException	anyOf is a null reference ( Nothing in Visual Basic ).
ArgumentOutOfRangeException	startIndex is negative. -or- startIndex specifies a position not within the given String.

The search begins at the startIndex 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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