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String.IndexOf Method

Definition

Reports the zero-based index of the first occurrence of a specified Unicode character or string within this instance. The method returns -1 if the character or string is not found in this instance.

Overloads

IndexOf(String, Int32, Int32, StringComparison)

Reports the zero-based index of the first occurrence of the specified string in the current String object. Parameters specify the starting search position in the current string, the number of characters in the current string to search, and the type of search to use for the specified string.

IndexOf(String, Int32, StringComparison)

Reports the zero-based index of the first occurrence of the specified string in the current String object. Parameters specify the starting search position in the current string and the type of search to use for the specified string.

IndexOf(String, Int32, Int32)

Reports the zero-based index of the first occurrence of the specified string in this instance. The search starts at a specified character position and examines a specified number of character positions.

IndexOf(String, StringComparison)

Reports the zero-based index of the first occurrence of the specified string in the current String object. A parameter specifies the type of search to use for the specified string.

IndexOf(Char, Int32, Int32)

Reports the zero-based index of the first occurrence of the specified character in this instance. The search starts at a specified character position and examines a specified number of character positions.

IndexOf(Char, StringComparison)

Reports the zero-based index of the first occurrence of the specified Unicode character in this string. A parameter specifies the type of search to use for the specified character.

IndexOf(Char, Int32)

Reports the zero-based index of the first occurrence of the specified Unicode character in this string. The search starts at a specified character position.

IndexOf(String)

Reports the zero-based index of the first occurrence of the specified string in this instance.

IndexOf(Char)

Reports the zero-based index of the first occurrence of the specified Unicode character in this string.

IndexOf(String, Int32)

Reports the zero-based index of the first occurrence of the specified string in this instance. The search starts at a specified character position.

IndexOf(String, Int32, Int32, StringComparison)

Source:
String.Searching.cs
Source:
String.Searching.cs
Source:
String.Searching.cs

Reports the zero-based index of the first occurrence of the specified string in the current String object. Parameters specify the starting search position in the current string, the number of characters in the current string to search, and the type of search to use for the specified string.

C#
public int IndexOf(string value, int startIndex, int count, StringComparison comparisonType);

Parameters

value
String

The string to seek.

startIndex
Int32

The search starting position.

count
Int32

The number of character positions to examine.

comparisonType
StringComparison

One of the enumeration values that specifies the rules for the search.

Returns

The zero-based index position of the value parameter from the start of the current instance if that string is found, or -1 if it is not. If value is Empty, the return value is startIndex.

Exceptions

value is null.

count or startIndex is negative.

-or-

startIndex is greater than the length of this instance.

-or-

count is greater than the length of this string minus startIndex.

comparisonType is not a valid StringComparison value.

Examples

The following example demonstrates three overloads of the IndexOf method that find the first occurrence of a string within another string using different values of the StringComparison enumeration.

C#
// This code example demonstrates the 
// System.String.IndexOf(String, ..., StringComparison) methods.

using System;
using System.Threading;
using System.Globalization;

class Sample 
{
    public static void Main() 
    {
    string intro = "Find the first occurrence of a character using different " + 
                   "values of StringComparison.";
    string resultFmt = "Comparison: {0,-28} Location: {1,3}";

// Define a string to search for.
// U+00c5 = LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE
    string CapitalAWithRing = "\u00c5"; 

// Define a string to search. 
// The result of combining the characters LATIN SMALL LETTER A and COMBINING 
// RING ABOVE (U+0061, U+030a) is linguistically equivalent to the character 
// LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE (U+00e5).
    string cat = "A Cheshire c" + "\u0061\u030a" + "t";

    int loc = 0;
    StringComparison[] scValues = {
        StringComparison.CurrentCulture,
        StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase,
        StringComparison.InvariantCulture,
        StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase,
        StringComparison.Ordinal,
        StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase };

// Clear the screen and display an introduction.
    Console.Clear();
    Console.WriteLine(intro);

// Display the current culture because culture affects the result. For example, 
// try this code example with the "sv-SE" (Swedish-Sweden) culture.

    Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = new CultureInfo("en-US");
    Console.WriteLine("The current culture is \"{0}\" - {1}.", 
                       Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.Name,
                       Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.DisplayName);

// Display the string to search for and the string to search.
    Console.WriteLine("Search for the string \"{0}\" in the string \"{1}\"", 
                       CapitalAWithRing, cat);
    Console.WriteLine();

// Note that in each of the following searches, we look for 
// LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE in a string that contains 
// LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE. A result value of -1 indicates 
// the string was not found.
// Search using different values of StringComparison. Specify the start 
// index and count. 

    Console.WriteLine("Part 1: Start index and count are specified.");
    foreach (StringComparison sc in scValues)
        {
        loc = cat.IndexOf(CapitalAWithRing, 0, cat.Length, sc);
        Console.WriteLine(resultFmt, sc, loc);
        }

// Search using different values of StringComparison. Specify the 
// start index. 
    Console.WriteLine("\nPart 2: Start index is specified.");
    foreach (StringComparison sc in scValues)
        {
        loc = cat.IndexOf(CapitalAWithRing, 0, sc);
        Console.WriteLine(resultFmt, sc, loc);
        }

// Search using different values of StringComparison. 
    Console.WriteLine("\nPart 3: Neither start index nor count is specified.");
    foreach (StringComparison sc in scValues)
        {
        loc = cat.IndexOf(CapitalAWithRing, sc);
        Console.WriteLine(resultFmt, sc, loc);
        }
    }
}

/*
Note: This code example was executed on a console whose user interface 
culture is "en-US" (English-United States).

This code example produces the following results:

Find the first occurrence of a character using different values of StringComparison.
The current culture is "en-US" - English (United States).
Search for the string "Å" in the string "A Cheshire ca°t"

Part 1: Start index and count are specified.
Comparison: CurrentCulture               Location:  -1
Comparison: CurrentCultureIgnoreCase     Location:  12
Comparison: InvariantCulture             Location:  -1
Comparison: InvariantCultureIgnoreCase   Location:  12
Comparison: Ordinal                      Location:  -1
Comparison: OrdinalIgnoreCase            Location:  -1

Part 2: Start index is specified.
Comparison: CurrentCulture               Location:  -1
Comparison: CurrentCultureIgnoreCase     Location:  12
Comparison: InvariantCulture             Location:  -1
Comparison: InvariantCultureIgnoreCase   Location:  12
Comparison: Ordinal                      Location:  -1
Comparison: OrdinalIgnoreCase            Location:  -1

Part 3: Neither start index nor count is specified.
Comparison: CurrentCulture               Location:  -1
Comparison: CurrentCultureIgnoreCase     Location:  12
Comparison: InvariantCulture             Location:  -1
Comparison: InvariantCultureIgnoreCase   Location:  12
Comparison: Ordinal                      Location:  -1
Comparison: OrdinalIgnoreCase            Location:  -1

*/

Remarks

Index numbering starts from 0 (zero). The startIndex parameter can range from 0 to the length of the string instance.

The search begins at startIndex and continues to startIndex + count -1. The character at startIndex + count is not included in the search.

The comparisonType parameter specifies to search for the value parameter using the current or invariant culture, using a case-sensitive or case-insensitive search, and using word or ordinal comparison rules.

Notes to Callers

Character sets include ignorable characters, which are characters that are not considered when performing a linguistic or culture-sensitive comparison. In a culture-sensitive search (that is, if comparisonType is not Ordinal or OrdinalIgnoreCase), if value contains an ignorable character, the result is equivalent to searching with that character removed. If value consists only of one or more ignorable characters, the IndexOf(String, Int32, Int32, StringComparison) method always returns startIndex, which is the character position at which the search begins.

In the following example, the IndexOf(String, Int32, Int32, StringComparison) method is used to find the position of a soft hyphen (U+00AD) followed by an "m" starting in the third through sixth character positions in two strings. Only one of the strings contains the required substring. If the example is run on the .NET Framework 4 or later, in both cases, because the soft hyphen is an ignorable character, the method returns the index of "m" in the string when it performs a culture-sensitive comparison. When it performs an ordinal comparison, however, it finds the substring only in the first string. Note that in the case of the first string, which includes the soft hyphen followed by an "m", the method fails to return the index of the soft hyphen but instead returns the index of the "m" when it performs a culture-sensitive comparison. The method returns the index of the soft hyphen in the first string only when it performs an ordinal comparison.

C#
using System;

public class Example
{
    public static void Main()
    {

        string searchString = "\u00ADm";
        string s1 = "ani\u00ADmal" ;
        string s2 = "animal";

        Console.WriteLine(s1.IndexOf(searchString, 2, 4, StringComparison.CurrentCulture));
        Console.WriteLine(s1.IndexOf(searchString, 2, 4, StringComparison.Ordinal));
        Console.WriteLine(s2.IndexOf(searchString, 2, 4, StringComparison.CurrentCulture));
        Console.WriteLine(s2.IndexOf(searchString, 2, 4, StringComparison.Ordinal));

        // The example displays the following output:
        //       4
        //       3
        //       3
        //       -1
    }
}

Applies to

.NET 9 and other versions
Product Versions
.NET Core 1.0, Core 1.1, Core 2.0, Core 2.1, Core 2.2, Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
.NET Framework 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 2.0, 2.1
UWP 10.0

IndexOf(String, Int32, StringComparison)

Source:
String.Searching.cs
Source:
String.Searching.cs
Source:
String.Searching.cs

Reports the zero-based index of the first occurrence of the specified string in the current String object. Parameters specify the starting search position in the current string and the type of search to use for the specified string.

C#
public int IndexOf(string value, int startIndex, StringComparison comparisonType);

Parameters

value
String

The string to seek.

startIndex
Int32

The search starting position.

comparisonType
StringComparison

One of the enumeration values that specifies the rules for the search.

Returns

The zero-based index position of the value parameter from the start of the current instance if that string is found, or -1 if it is not. If value is Empty, the return value is startIndex.

Exceptions

value is null.

startIndex is less than 0 (zero) or greater than the length of this string.

comparisonType is not a valid StringComparison value.

Examples

The following example demonstrates three overloads of the IndexOf method that find the first occurrence of a string within another string using different values of the StringComparison enumeration.

C#
// This code example demonstrates the 
// System.String.IndexOf(String, ..., StringComparison) methods.

using System;
using System.Threading;
using System.Globalization;

class Sample 
{
    public static void Main() 
    {
    string intro = "Find the first occurrence of a character using different " + 
                   "values of StringComparison.";
    string resultFmt = "Comparison: {0,-28} Location: {1,3}";

// Define a string to search for.
// U+00c5 = LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE
    string CapitalAWithRing = "\u00c5"; 

// Define a string to search. 
// The result of combining the characters LATIN SMALL LETTER A and COMBINING 
// RING ABOVE (U+0061, U+030a) is linguistically equivalent to the character 
// LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE (U+00e5).
    string cat = "A Cheshire c" + "\u0061\u030a" + "t";

    int loc = 0;
    StringComparison[] scValues = {
        StringComparison.CurrentCulture,
        StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase,
        StringComparison.InvariantCulture,
        StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase,
        StringComparison.Ordinal,
        StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase };

// Clear the screen and display an introduction.
    Console.Clear();
    Console.WriteLine(intro);

// Display the current culture because culture affects the result. For example, 
// try this code example with the "sv-SE" (Swedish-Sweden) culture.

    Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = new CultureInfo("en-US");
    Console.WriteLine("The current culture is \"{0}\" - {1}.", 
                       Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.Name,
                       Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.DisplayName);

// Display the string to search for and the string to search.
    Console.WriteLine("Search for the string \"{0}\" in the string \"{1}\"", 
                       CapitalAWithRing, cat);
    Console.WriteLine();

// Note that in each of the following searches, we look for 
// LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE in a string that contains 
// LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE. A result value of -1 indicates 
// the string was not found.
// Search using different values of StringComparison. Specify the start 
// index and count. 

    Console.WriteLine("Part 1: Start index and count are specified.");
    foreach (StringComparison sc in scValues)
        {
        loc = cat.IndexOf(CapitalAWithRing, 0, cat.Length, sc);
        Console.WriteLine(resultFmt, sc, loc);
        }

// Search using different values of StringComparison. Specify the 
// start index. 
    Console.WriteLine("\nPart 2: Start index is specified.");
    foreach (StringComparison sc in scValues)
        {
        loc = cat.IndexOf(CapitalAWithRing, 0, sc);
        Console.WriteLine(resultFmt, sc, loc);
        }

// Search using different values of StringComparison. 
    Console.WriteLine("\nPart 3: Neither start index nor count is specified.");
    foreach (StringComparison sc in scValues)
        {
        loc = cat.IndexOf(CapitalAWithRing, sc);
        Console.WriteLine(resultFmt, sc, loc);
        }
    }
}

/*
Note: This code example was executed on a console whose user interface 
culture is "en-US" (English-United States).

This code example produces the following results:

Find the first occurrence of a character using different values of StringComparison.
The current culture is "en-US" - English (United States).
Search for the string "Å" in the string "A Cheshire ca°t"

Part 1: Start index and count are specified.
Comparison: CurrentCulture               Location:  -1
Comparison: CurrentCultureIgnoreCase     Location:  12
Comparison: InvariantCulture             Location:  -1
Comparison: InvariantCultureIgnoreCase   Location:  12
Comparison: Ordinal                      Location:  -1
Comparison: OrdinalIgnoreCase            Location:  -1

Part 2: Start index is specified.
Comparison: CurrentCulture               Location:  -1
Comparison: CurrentCultureIgnoreCase     Location:  12
Comparison: InvariantCulture             Location:  -1
Comparison: InvariantCultureIgnoreCase   Location:  12
Comparison: Ordinal                      Location:  -1
Comparison: OrdinalIgnoreCase            Location:  -1

Part 3: Neither start index nor count is specified.
Comparison: CurrentCulture               Location:  -1
Comparison: CurrentCultureIgnoreCase     Location:  12
Comparison: InvariantCulture             Location:  -1
Comparison: InvariantCultureIgnoreCase   Location:  12
Comparison: Ordinal                      Location:  -1
Comparison: OrdinalIgnoreCase            Location:  -1

*/

Remarks

Index numbering starts from 0. The startIndex parameter can range from 0 to the length of the string instance. If startIndex equals the length of the string instance, the method returns -1.

The comparisonType parameter specifies to search for the value parameter using the current or invariant culture, using a case-sensitive or case-insensitive search, and using word or ordinal comparison rules.

Notes to Callers

Character sets include ignorable characters, which are characters that are not considered when performing a linguistic or culture-sensitive comparison. In a culture-sensitive search (that is, if comparisonType is not Ordinal or OrdinalIgnoreCase), if value contains an ignorable character, the result is equivalent to searching with that character removed. If value consists only of one or more ignorable characters, the IndexOf(String, Int32, StringComparison) method always returns startIndex, which is the character position at which the search begins.

In the following example, the IndexOf(String, Int32, StringComparison) method is used to find the position of a soft hyphen (U+00AD) followed by an "m" starting with the third character position in two strings. Only one of the strings contains the required substring. If the example is run on the .NET Framework 4 or later, in both cases, because the soft hyphen is an ignorable character, the method returns the index of "m" in the string when it performs a culture-sensitive comparison. Note that in the case of the first string, which includes the soft hyphen followed by an "m", the method fails to return the index of the soft hyphen but instead returns the index of the "m". The method returns the index of the soft hyphen in the first string only when it performs an ordinal comparison.

C#
using System;

public class Example
{
    public static void Main()
    {
      
        string searchString = "\u00ADm";
        string s1 = "ani\u00ADmal" ;
        string s2 = "animal";

        Console.WriteLine(s1.IndexOf(searchString, 2, StringComparison.CurrentCulture));
        Console.WriteLine(s1.IndexOf(searchString, 2, StringComparison.Ordinal));
        Console.WriteLine(s2.IndexOf(searchString, 2, StringComparison.CurrentCulture));
        Console.WriteLine(s2.IndexOf(searchString, 2, StringComparison.Ordinal));

        // The example displays the following output:
        //       4
        //       3
        //       3
        //       -1
    }
}

Applies to

.NET 9 and other versions
Product Versions
.NET Core 1.0, Core 1.1, Core 2.0, Core 2.1, Core 2.2, Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
.NET Framework 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 2.0, 2.1
UWP 10.0

IndexOf(String, Int32, Int32)

Source:
String.Searching.cs
Source:
String.Searching.cs
Source:
String.Searching.cs

Reports the zero-based index of the first occurrence of the specified string in this instance. The search starts at a specified character position and examines a specified number of character positions.

C#
public int IndexOf(string value, int startIndex, int count);

Parameters

value
String

The string to seek.

startIndex
Int32

The search starting position.

count
Int32

The number of character positions to examine.

Returns

The zero-based index position of value from the start of the current instance if that string is found, or -1 if it is not. If value is Empty, the return value is startIndex.

Exceptions

value is null.

count or startIndex is negative.

-or-

startIndex is greater than the length of this string.

-or-

count is greater than the length of this string minus startIndex.

Examples

The following example finds the index of all occurrences of the string "he" within a substring of another string. Note that the number of characters to be searched must be recalculated for each search iteration.

C#
string br1 = "0----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+---";
string br2 = "012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678";
string str = "Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.";
int start;
int at;
int end;
int count;

end = str.Length;
start = end/2;
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine("All occurrences of 'he' from position {0} to {1}.", start, end-1);
Console.WriteLine("{1}{0}{2}{0}{3}{0}", Environment.NewLine, br1, br2, str);
Console.Write("The string 'he' occurs at position(s): ");

count = 0;
at = 0;
while((start <= end) && (at > -1))
{
    // start+count must be a position within -str-.
    count = end - start;
    at = str.IndexOf("he", start, count);
    if (at == -1) break;
    Console.Write("{0} ", at);
    start = at+1;
}
Console.WriteLine();

/*
This example produces the following results:

All occurrences of 'he' from position 34 to 68.
0----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+---
012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678
Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.

The string 'he' occurs at position(s): 45 56

*/

Remarks

Index numbering starts from 0 (zero). The startIndex parameter can range from 0 to the length of the string instance.

This method performs a word (case-sensitive and culture-sensitive) search using the current culture. The search begins at startIndex and continues to startIndex + count -1. The character at startIndex + count is not included in the search.

Character sets include ignorable characters, which are characters that are not considered when performing a linguistic or culture-sensitive comparison. In a culture-sensitive search, if value contains an ignorable character, the result is equivalent to searching with that character removed. If value consists only of one or more ignorable characters, the IndexOf(String, Int32, Int32) method always returns startIndex, which is the character position at which the search begins. In the following example, the IndexOf(String, Int32, Int32) method is used to find the position of a soft hyphen (U+00AD) followed by an "m" starting in the third through sixth character positions in two strings. Only one of the strings contains the required substring. If the example is run on the .NET Framework 4 or later, in both cases, because the soft hyphen is an ignorable character, the method returns the index of "m" in the string when it performs a culture-sensitive comparison. Note that in the case of the first string, which includes the soft hyphen followed by an "m", the method fails to return the index of the soft hyphen but instead returns the index of the "m".

C#
using System;

public class Example
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        string searchString = "\u00ADm";
        string s1 = "ani\u00ADmal" ;
        string s2 = "animal";

        Console.WriteLine(s1.IndexOf(searchString, 2, 4));
        Console.WriteLine(s2.IndexOf(searchString, 2, 4));

        // The example displays the following output:
        //       4
        //       3
    }
}

Notes to Callers

As explained in Best Practices for Using Strings, we recommend that you avoid calling string comparison methods that substitute default values and instead call methods that require parameters to be explicitly specified. To use the comparison rules of the current culture to perform this operation, signal your intention explicitly by calling the IndexOf(String, Int32, Int32, StringComparison) method overload with a value of CurrentCulture for its comparisonType parameter. If you don't need linguistic-aware comparison, consider using Ordinal.

See also

Applies to

.NET 9 and other versions
Product Versions
.NET Core 1.0, Core 1.1, Core 2.0, Core 2.1, Core 2.2, Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
.NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 2.0, 2.1
UWP 10.0

IndexOf(String, StringComparison)

Source:
String.Searching.cs
Source:
String.Searching.cs
Source:
String.Searching.cs

Reports the zero-based index of the first occurrence of the specified string in the current String object. A parameter specifies the type of search to use for the specified string.

C#
public int IndexOf(string value, StringComparison comparisonType);

Parameters

value
String

The string to seek.

comparisonType
StringComparison

One of the enumeration values that specifies the rules for the search.

Returns

The index position of the value parameter if that string is found, or -1 if it is not. If value is Empty, the return value is 0.

Exceptions

value is null.

comparisonType is not a valid StringComparison value.

Examples

The following example demonstrates three overloads of the IndexOf method that find the first occurrence of a string within another string using different values of the StringComparison enumeration.

C#
// This code example demonstrates the 
// System.String.IndexOf(String, ..., StringComparison) methods.

using System;
using System.Threading;
using System.Globalization;

class Sample 
{
    public static void Main() 
    {
    string intro = "Find the first occurrence of a character using different " + 
                   "values of StringComparison.";
    string resultFmt = "Comparison: {0,-28} Location: {1,3}";

// Define a string to search for.
// U+00c5 = LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE
    string CapitalAWithRing = "\u00c5"; 

// Define a string to search. 
// The result of combining the characters LATIN SMALL LETTER A and COMBINING 
// RING ABOVE (U+0061, U+030a) is linguistically equivalent to the character 
// LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE (U+00e5).
    string cat = "A Cheshire c" + "\u0061\u030a" + "t";

    int loc = 0;
    StringComparison[] scValues = {
        StringComparison.CurrentCulture,
        StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase,
        StringComparison.InvariantCulture,
        StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase,
        StringComparison.Ordinal,
        StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase };

// Clear the screen and display an introduction.
    Console.Clear();
    Console.WriteLine(intro);

// Display the current culture because culture affects the result. For example, 
// try this code example with the "sv-SE" (Swedish-Sweden) culture.

    Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = new CultureInfo("en-US");
    Console.WriteLine("The current culture is \"{0}\" - {1}.", 
                       Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.Name,
                       Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.DisplayName);

// Display the string to search for and the string to search.
    Console.WriteLine("Search for the string \"{0}\" in the string \"{1}\"", 
                       CapitalAWithRing, cat);
    Console.WriteLine();

// Note that in each of the following searches, we look for 
// LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE in a string that contains 
// LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE. A result value of -1 indicates 
// the string was not found.
// Search using different values of StringComparison. Specify the start 
// index and count. 

    Console.WriteLine("Part 1: Start index and count are specified.");
    foreach (StringComparison sc in scValues)
        {
        loc = cat.IndexOf(CapitalAWithRing, 0, cat.Length, sc);
        Console.WriteLine(resultFmt, sc, loc);
        }

// Search using different values of StringComparison. Specify the 
// start index. 
    Console.WriteLine("\nPart 2: Start index is specified.");
    foreach (StringComparison sc in scValues)
        {
        loc = cat.IndexOf(CapitalAWithRing, 0, sc);
        Console.WriteLine(resultFmt, sc, loc);
        }

// Search using different values of StringComparison. 
    Console.WriteLine("\nPart 3: Neither start index nor count is specified.");
    foreach (StringComparison sc in scValues)
        {
        loc = cat.IndexOf(CapitalAWithRing, sc);
        Console.WriteLine(resultFmt, sc, loc);
        }
    }
}

/*
Note: This code example was executed on a console whose user interface 
culture is "en-US" (English-United States).

This code example produces the following results:

Find the first occurrence of a character using different values of StringComparison.
The current culture is "en-US" - English (United States).
Search for the string "Å" in the string "A Cheshire ca°t"

Part 1: Start index and count are specified.
Comparison: CurrentCulture               Location:  -1
Comparison: CurrentCultureIgnoreCase     Location:  12
Comparison: InvariantCulture             Location:  -1
Comparison: InvariantCultureIgnoreCase   Location:  12
Comparison: Ordinal                      Location:  -1
Comparison: OrdinalIgnoreCase            Location:  -1

Part 2: Start index is specified.
Comparison: CurrentCulture               Location:  -1
Comparison: CurrentCultureIgnoreCase     Location:  12
Comparison: InvariantCulture             Location:  -1
Comparison: InvariantCultureIgnoreCase   Location:  12
Comparison: Ordinal                      Location:  -1
Comparison: OrdinalIgnoreCase            Location:  -1

Part 3: Neither start index nor count is specified.
Comparison: CurrentCulture               Location:  -1
Comparison: CurrentCultureIgnoreCase     Location:  12
Comparison: InvariantCulture             Location:  -1
Comparison: InvariantCultureIgnoreCase   Location:  12
Comparison: Ordinal                      Location:  -1
Comparison: OrdinalIgnoreCase            Location:  -1

*/

Remarks

Index numbering starts from zero.

The comparisonType parameter specifies to search for the value parameter using the current or invariant culture, using a case-sensitive or case-insensitive search, and using word or ordinal comparison rules.

Notes to Callers

Character sets include ignorable characters, which are characters that are not considered when performing a linguistic or culture-sensitive comparison. In a culture-sensitive search (that is, if comparisonType is not Ordinal or OrdinalIgnoreCase), if value contains an ignorable character, the result is equivalent to searching with that character removed. If value consists only of one or more ignorable characters, the IndexOf(String, StringComparison) method always returns 0 (zero) to indicate that the match is found at the beginning of the current instance.

In the following example, the IndexOf(String, StringComparison) method is used to find three substrings (a soft hyphen (U+00AD), a soft hyphen followed by "n", and a soft hyphen followed by "m") in two strings. Only one of the strings contains a soft hyphen. If the example is run on the .NET Framework 4 or later, because the soft hyphen is an ignorable character, a culture-sensitive search returns the same value that it would return if the soft hyphen were not included in the search string. An ordinal search, however, successfully finds the soft hyphen in one string and reports that it is absent from the second string.

C#
using System;

public class Example
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        string s1 = "ani\u00ADmal";
        string s2 = "animal";
      
        Console.WriteLine("Culture-sensitive comparison:");
        // Use culture-sensitive comparison to find the soft hyphen.
        Console.WriteLine(s1.IndexOf("\u00AD", StringComparison.CurrentCulture));
        Console.WriteLine(s2.IndexOf("\u00AD", StringComparison.CurrentCulture));
      
        // Use culture-sensitive comparison to find the soft hyphen followed by "n".
        Console.WriteLine(s1.IndexOf("\u00ADn", StringComparison.CurrentCulture));
        Console.WriteLine(s2.IndexOf("\u00ADn", StringComparison.CurrentCulture));
      
        // Use culture-sensitive comparison to find the soft hyphen followed by "m".
        Console.WriteLine(s1.IndexOf("\u00ADm", StringComparison.CurrentCulture));
        Console.WriteLine(s2.IndexOf("\u00ADm", StringComparison.CurrentCulture));
      
        Console.WriteLine("Ordinal comparison:");
        // Use ordinal comparison to find the soft hyphen.
        Console.WriteLine(s1.IndexOf("\u00AD", StringComparison.Ordinal));
        Console.WriteLine(s2.IndexOf("\u00AD", StringComparison.Ordinal));
      
        // Use ordinal comparison to find the soft hyphen followed by "n".
        Console.WriteLine(s1.IndexOf("\u00ADn", StringComparison.Ordinal));
        Console.WriteLine(s2.IndexOf("\u00ADn", StringComparison.Ordinal));
      
        // Use ordinal comparison to find the soft hyphen followed by "m".
        Console.WriteLine(s1.IndexOf("\u00ADm", StringComparison.Ordinal));
        Console.WriteLine(s2.IndexOf("\u00ADm", StringComparison.Ordinal));

        // The example displays the following output:
        //       Culture-sensitive comparison:
        //       0
        //       0
        //       1
        //       1
        //       4
        //       3
        //       Ordinal comparison:
        //       3
        //       -1
        //       -1
        //       -1
        //       3
        //       -1
    }
}

Applies to

.NET 9 and other versions
Product Versions
.NET Core 1.0, Core 1.1, Core 2.0, Core 2.1, Core 2.2, Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
.NET Framework 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 2.0, 2.1
UWP 10.0

IndexOf(Char, Int32, Int32)

Source:
String.Searching.cs
Source:
String.Searching.cs
Source:
String.Searching.cs

Reports the zero-based index of the first occurrence of the specified character in this instance. The search starts at a specified character position and examines a specified number of character positions.

C#
public int IndexOf(char value, int startIndex, int count);

Parameters

value
Char

A Unicode character to seek.

startIndex
Int32

The search starting position.

count
Int32

The number of character positions to examine.

Returns

The zero-based index position of value from the start of the string if that character is found, or -1 if it is not.

Exceptions

count or startIndex is negative.

-or-

startIndex is greater than the length of this string.

-or-

count is greater than the length of this string minus startIndex.

Examples

The following example demonstrates the IndexOf method.

C#
// Example for the String.IndexOf( char, int, int ) method.
using System;

class IndexOfCII 
{
    public static void Main() 
    {
        string br1 = 
            "0----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----" +
            "4----+----5----+----6----+----7";
        string br2 = 
            "0123456789012345678901234567890123456789" +
            "0123456789012345678901234567890";
        string str = 
            "ABCDEFGHI abcdefghi ABCDEFGHI abcdefghi " +
            "ABCDEFGHI abcdefghi ABCDEFGHI";

        Console.WriteLine( 
            "This example of String.IndexOf( char, int, int )\n" +
            "generates the following output." );
        Console.WriteLine( 
            "{0}{1}{0}{2}{0}{3}{0}", 
            Environment.NewLine, br1, br2, str );

        FindAllChar( 'A', str );
        FindAllChar( 'a', str );
        FindAllChar( 'I', str );
        FindAllChar( 'i', str );
        FindAllChar( '@', str );
        FindAllChar( ' ', str );
    }

    static void FindAllChar( Char target, String searched )
    {
        Console.Write( 
            "The character '{0}' occurs at position(s): ", 
            target );

        int     startIndex = -1;
        int     hitCount = 0;

        // Search for all occurrences of the target.
        while( true )
        {
            startIndex = searched.IndexOf( 
                target, startIndex + 1, 
                searched.Length - startIndex - 1 );

            // Exit the loop if the target is not found.
            if( startIndex < 0 )
                break;

            Console.Write( "{0}, ", startIndex );
            hitCount++;
        }

        Console.WriteLine( "occurrences: {0}", hitCount );
    }
}

/*
This example of String.IndexOf( char, int, int )
generates the following output.

0----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7
01234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890
ABCDEFGHI abcdefghi ABCDEFGHI abcdefghi ABCDEFGHI abcdefghi ABCDEFGHI

The character 'A' occurs at position(s): 0, 20, 40, 60, occurrences: 4
The character 'a' occurs at position(s): 10, 30, 50, occurrences: 3
The character 'I' occurs at position(s): 8, 28, 48, 68, occurrences: 4
The character 'i' occurs at position(s): 18, 38, 58, occurrences: 3
The character '@' occurs at position(s): occurrences: 0
The character ' ' occurs at position(s): 9, 19, 29, 39, 49, 59, occurrences: 6
*/

Remarks

The search begins at startIndex and continues to startIndex + count -1. The character at startIndex + count is not included in the search.

Index numbering starts from 0 (zero). The startIndex parameter can range from 0 to the length of the string instance.

This method performs an ordinal (culture-insensitive) search, where a character is considered equivalent to another character only if their Unicode scalar values are the same. To perform a culture-sensitive search, use the CompareInfo.IndexOf method, where a Unicode scalar value representing a precomposed character, such as the ligature "Æ" (U+00C6), might be considered equivalent to any occurrence of the character's components in the correct sequence, such as "AE" (U+0041, U+0045), depending on the culture.

See also

Applies to

.NET 9 and other versions
Product Versions
.NET Core 1.0, Core 1.1, Core 2.0, Core 2.1, Core 2.2, Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
.NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 2.0, 2.1
UWP 10.0

IndexOf(Char, StringComparison)

Source:
String.Searching.cs
Source:
String.Searching.cs
Source:
String.Searching.cs

Reports the zero-based index of the first occurrence of the specified Unicode character in this string. A parameter specifies the type of search to use for the specified character.

C#
public int IndexOf(char value, StringComparison comparisonType);

Parameters

value
Char

The character to seek.

comparisonType
StringComparison

An enumeration value that specifies the rules for the search.

Returns

The zero-based index of value if that character is found, or -1 if it is not.

Exceptions

comparisonType is not a valid StringComparison value.

Remarks

Index numbering starts from zero.

The comparisonType parameter is a StringComparison enumeration member that specifies whether the search for the value argument uses the current or invariant culture, is case-sensitive or case-insensitive, or uses word or ordinal comparison rules.

Applies to

.NET 9 and other versions
Product Versions
.NET Core 2.1, Core 2.2, Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
.NET Standard 2.1

IndexOf(Char, Int32)

Source:
String.Searching.cs
Source:
String.Searching.cs
Source:
String.Searching.cs

Reports the zero-based index of the first occurrence of the specified Unicode character in this string. The search starts at a specified character position.

C#
public int IndexOf(char value, int startIndex);

Parameters

value
Char

A Unicode character to seek.

startIndex
Int32

The search starting position.

Returns

The zero-based index position of value from the start of the string if that character is found, or -1 if it is not.

Exceptions

startIndex is less than 0 (zero) or greater than the length of the string.

Examples

The following example demonstrates the IndexOf method.

C#
string br1 = "0----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+---";
string br2 = "012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678";
string str = "Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.";
int start;
int at;

Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine("All occurrences of 't' from position 0 to {0}.", str.Length-1);
Console.WriteLine("{1}{0}{2}{0}{3}{0}", Environment.NewLine, br1, br2, str);
Console.Write("The letter 't' occurs at position(s): ");

at = 0;
start = 0;
while((start < str.Length) && (at > -1))
{
    at = str.IndexOf('t', start);
    if (at == -1) break;
    Console.Write("{0} ", at);
    start = at+1;
}
Console.WriteLine();

/*
This example produces the following results:

All occurrences of 't' from position 0 to 68.
0----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+---
012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678
Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.

The letter 't' occurs at position(s): 7 11 33 41 44 55 65

*/

Remarks

Index numbering starts from 0. The startIndex parameter can range from 0 to the length of the string instance. If startIndex equals the length of the string instance, the method returns -1.

The search ranges from startIndex to the end of the string.

This method performs an ordinal (culture-insensitive) search, where a character is considered equivalent to another character only if their Unicode scalar values are the same. To perform a culture-sensitive search, use the CompareInfo.IndexOf method, where a Unicode scalar value representing a precomposed character, such as the ligature "Æ" (U+00C6), might be considered equivalent to any occurrence of the character's components in the correct sequence, such as "AE" (U+0041, U+0045), depending on the culture.

See also

Applies to

.NET 9 and other versions
Product Versions
.NET Core 1.0, Core 1.1, Core 2.0, Core 2.1, Core 2.2, Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
.NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 2.0, 2.1
UWP 10.0

IndexOf(String)

Source:
String.Searching.cs
Source:
String.Searching.cs
Source:
String.Searching.cs

Reports the zero-based index of the first occurrence of the specified string in this instance.

C#
public int IndexOf(string value);

Parameters

value
String

The string to seek.

Returns

The zero-based index position of value if that string is found, or -1 if it is not. If value is Empty, the return value is 0.

Exceptions

value is null.

Examples

The following example searches for the "n" in "animal". Because string indexes begin at zero rather than one, the IndexOf(String) method indicates that the "n" is at position 1.

C#
String str = "animal";
String toFind = "n";
int index = str.IndexOf("n");
Console.WriteLine("Found '{0}' in '{1}' at position {2}",
                toFind, str, index);

// The example displays the following output:
//        Found 'n' in 'animal' at position 1

The following example uses the IndexOf method to determine the starting position of an animal name in a sentence. It then uses this position to insert an adjective that describes the animal into the sentence.

C#
using System;

public class Example {
    public static void Main()
    {
        string animal1 = "fox";
        string animal2 = "dog";

        string strTarget = String.Format("The {0} jumps over the {1}.",
                                         animal1, animal2);

        Console.WriteLine("The original string is:{0}{1}{0}",
                          Environment.NewLine, strTarget);

        Console.Write("Enter an adjective (or group of adjectives) " +
                      "to describe the {0}: ==> ", animal1);
        string adj1 = Console.ReadLine();

        Console.Write("Enter an adjective (or group of adjectives) " +
                      "to describe the {0}: ==> ", animal2);
        string adj2 = Console.ReadLine();

        adj1 = adj1.Trim() + " ";
        adj2 = adj2.Trim() + " ";

        strTarget = strTarget.Insert(strTarget.IndexOf(animal1), adj1);
        strTarget = strTarget.Insert(strTarget.IndexOf(animal2), adj2);

        Console.WriteLine("{0}The final string is:{0}{1}",
                          Environment.NewLine, strTarget);
    }
}
// Output from the example might appear as follows:
//       The original string is:
//       The fox jumps over the dog.
//
//       Enter an adjective (or group of adjectives) to describe the fox: ==> bold
//       Enter an adjective (or group of adjectives) to describe the dog: ==> lazy
//
//       The final string is:
//       The bold fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Remarks

Index numbering starts from zero.

This method performs a word (case-sensitive and culture-sensitive) search using the current culture. The search begins at the first character position of this instance and continues until the last character position.

Character sets include ignorable characters, which are characters that are not considered when performing a linguistic or culture-sensitive comparison. In a culture-sensitive search, if value contains an ignorable character, the result is equivalent to searching with that character removed. If value consists only of one or more ignorable characters, the IndexOf(String) method always returns 0 (zero) to indicate that the match is found at the beginning of the current instance. In the following example, the IndexOf(String) method is used to find three substrings (a soft hyphen (U+00AD), a soft hyphen followed by "n", and a soft hyphen followed by "m") in two strings. Only one of the strings contains a soft hyphen. If the example is run on the .NET Framework 4 or later, in each case, because the soft hyphen is an ignorable character, the result is the same as if the soft hyphen had not been included in value. When searching for a soft hyphen only, the method returns 0 (zero) to indicate that it has found a match at the beginning of the string.

C#
using System;

public class Example
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        string s1 = "ani\u00ADmal";
        string s2 = "animal";
      
        // Find the index of the soft hyphen.
        Console.WriteLine(s1.IndexOf("\u00AD"));
        Console.WriteLine(s2.IndexOf("\u00AD"));
      
        // Find the index of the soft hyphen followed by "n".
        Console.WriteLine(s1.IndexOf("\u00ADn"));
        Console.WriteLine(s2.IndexOf("\u00ADn"));
      
        // Find the index of the soft hyphen followed by "m".
        Console.WriteLine(s1.IndexOf("\u00ADm"));
        Console.WriteLine(s2.IndexOf("\u00ADm"));

        // The example displays the following output
        // if run under the .NET Framework 4 or later:
        //       0
        //       0
        //       1
        //       1
        //       4
        //       3
    }
}

Notes to Callers

As explained in Best Practices for Using Strings, we recommend that you avoid calling string comparison methods that substitute default values and instead call methods that require parameters to be explicitly specified. To find the first index of a substring within a string instance by using the comparison rules of the current culture, signal your intention explicitly by calling the IndexOf(String, StringComparison) method overload with a value of CurrentCulture for its comparisonType parameter. If you don't need linguistic-aware comparison, consider using Ordinal.

See also

Applies to

.NET 9 and other versions
Product Versions
.NET Core 1.0, Core 1.1, Core 2.0, Core 2.1, Core 2.2, Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
.NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 2.0, 2.1
UWP 10.0

IndexOf(Char)

Source:
String.Searching.cs
Source:
String.Searching.cs
Source:
String.Searching.cs

Reports the zero-based index of the first occurrence of the specified Unicode character in this string.

C#
public int IndexOf(char value);

Parameters

value
Char

A Unicode character to seek.

Returns

The zero-based index position of value if that character is found, or -1 if it is not.

Examples

The following example demonstrates how you can search a String for a character using the IndexOf method.

C#
// Create a Unicode string with 5 Greek Alpha characters.
String szGreekAlpha = new String('\u0391',5);

// Create a Unicode string with 3 Greek Omega characters.
String szGreekOmega = "\u03A9\u03A9\u03A9";

String szGreekLetters = String.Concat(szGreekOmega, szGreekAlpha, 
                                    szGreekOmega.Clone());

// Display the entire string.
Console.WriteLine("The string: {0}", szGreekLetters);

// The first index of Alpha.
int ialpha = szGreekLetters.IndexOf('\u0391');
// The first index of Omega.
int iomega = szGreekLetters.IndexOf('\u03A9');

Console.WriteLine("First occurrence of the Greek letter Alpha: Index {0}", 
                ialpha);
Console.WriteLine("First occurrence of the Greek letter Omega: Index {0}", 
                iomega);

// The example displays the following output:
//    The string: ΩΩΩΑΑΑΑΑΩΩΩ
//    First occurrence of the Greek letter Alpha: Index 3
//    First occurrence of the Greek letter Omega: Index 0

Remarks

Index numbering starts from zero.

This method performs an ordinal (culture-insensitive) search, where a character is considered equivalent to another character only if their Unicode scalar values are the same. To perform a culture-sensitive search, use the CompareInfo.IndexOf method, where a Unicode scalar value representing a precomposed character, such as the ligature "Æ" (U+00C6), might be considered equivalent to any occurrence of the character's components in the correct sequence, such as "AE" (U+0041, U+0045), depending on the culture.

See also

Applies to

.NET 9 and other versions
Product Versions
.NET Core 1.0, Core 1.1, Core 2.0, Core 2.1, Core 2.2, Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
.NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 2.0, 2.1
UWP 10.0

IndexOf(String, Int32)

Source:
String.Searching.cs
Source:
String.Searching.cs
Source:
String.Searching.cs

Reports the zero-based index of the first occurrence of the specified string in this instance. The search starts at a specified character position.

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

Parameters

value
String

The string to seek.

startIndex
Int32

The search starting position.

Returns

The zero-based index position of value from the start of the current instance if that string is found, or -1 if it is not. If value is Empty, the return value is startIndex.

Exceptions

value is null.

startIndex is less than 0 (zero) or greater than the length of this string.

Examples

The following example searches for all occurrences of a specified string within a target string.

C#
using System;

public class IndexOfTest {
    public static void Main() {

        string strSource = "This is the string which we will perform the search on";

        Console.WriteLine("The search string is:{0}\"{1}\"{0}", Environment.NewLine, strSource);

        string strTarget = "";
        int found = 0;
        int totFinds = 0;

        do {
            Console.Write("Please enter a search value to look for in the above string (hit Enter to exit) ==> ");

            strTarget = Console.ReadLine();

            if (strTarget != "") {

                for (int i = 0; i < strSource.Length; i++) {

                    found = strSource.IndexOf(strTarget, i);

                    if (found >= 0) {
                        totFinds++;
                        i = found;
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        break;
                    }
                }
            }
            else
            {
                return;
            }

            Console.WriteLine("{0}The search parameter '{1}' was found {2} times.{0}",
                    Environment.NewLine, strTarget, totFinds);

            totFinds = 0;
        } while ( true );
    }
}

Remarks

Index numbering starts from 0. The startIndex parameter can range from 0 to the length of the string instance. If startIndex equals the length of the string instance, the method returns -1.

This method performs a word (case-sensitive and culture-sensitive) search using the current culture. The search begins at the startIndex character position of this instance and continues until the last character position.

Character sets include ignorable characters, which are characters that are not considered when performing a linguistic or culture-sensitive comparison. In a culture-sensitive search, if value contains an ignorable character, the result is equivalent to searching with that character removed. If value consists only of one or more ignorable characters, the IndexOf(String, Int32) method always returns startIndex, which is the character position at which the search begins. In the following example, the IndexOf(String, Int32) method is used to find the position of a soft hyphen (U+00AD) followed by an "m" in two strings. Only one of the strings contains the required substring. If the example is run on the .NET Framework 4 or later, in both cases, because the soft hyphen is an ignorable character, the method returns the index of "m" in the string. Note that in the case of the first string, which includes the soft hyphen followed by an "m", the method fails to return the index of the soft hyphen but instead returns the index of the "m".

C#
using System;

public class Example
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        string searchString = "\u00ADm";
        string s1 = "ani\u00ADmal" ;
        string s2 = "animal";

        Console.WriteLine(s1.IndexOf(searchString, 2));
        Console.WriteLine(s2.IndexOf(searchString, 2));

        // The example displays the following output:
        //       4
        //       3
    }
}

Notes to Callers

As explained in Best Practices for Using Strings, we recommend that you avoid calling string comparison methods that substitute default values and instead call methods that require parameters to be explicitly specified. To find the first index of a substring that occurs after a particular character position by using the comparison rules of the current culture, signal your intention explicitly by calling the IndexOf(String, Int32, StringComparison) method overload with a value of CurrentCulture for its comparisonType parameter. If you don't need linguistic-aware comparison, consider using Ordinal.

See also

Applies to

.NET 9 and other versions
Product Versions
.NET Core 1.0, Core 1.1, Core 2.0, Core 2.1, Core 2.2, Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
.NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 2.0, 2.1
UWP 10.0