StringSearch

StringSearch.java

public class StringSearch {
	public static void main(String[] args) {

		// Initialize a new String
		String myString = "Thanksgiving Day";
		System.out.println("Our string is: " + myString);

		// Now, get the 3rd letter in this string.
		// Remember that indexes are zero based,
		// so the third character has index 2, not 3.
		char myThirdLetter = myString.charAt(2);
		System.out.println("The third letter is: " + myThirdLetter);

		// Now we want to know the first location where
		// the letter 'g' occurs in our string.
		int myFirstG = myString.indexOf('g');
		System.out.println("The first time the letter g occurs is at location: " + myFirstG);

		// If the character is not found, indexOf will
		// return -1
		int myFirstQ = myString.indexOf('q');
		System.out.println("The first time the letter q occurs is at location: " + myFirstQ);

		// You can alse start your search at a specific
		// location in the string. Let's start at location 7.
		int mySecondG = myString.indexOf('g', 7);
		System.out.println("The first time the letter g occurs after location 6 is at location: " + mySecondG);
	}
}