Swift 5: Index of a Character in String

Question

Before Swift 5, I had this extension working:

  fileprivate extension String {
        func indexOf(char: Character) -> Int? {
            return firstIndex(of: char)?.encodedOffset
        }
    }

Now, I get a deprecated message:

'encodedOffset' is deprecated: encodedOffset has been deprecated as most common usage is incorrect. Use `utf16Offset(in:)` to achieve the same behavior.

Is there a simpler solution to this instead of using utf16Offset(in:)?

I just need the index of the character position passed back as an Int.

Answer 1

And what is wrong with utf16Offset(in:)? This is way to go with Swift 5

fileprivate extension String {
    func indexOf(char: Character) -> Int? {
        return firstIndex(of: char)?.utf16Offset(in: self)
    }
}