How to get the index of an item in a list in a single step?

Question

How can I find the index of an item in a list without looping through it?

Currently this doesn\'t look very nice - searching through the list for the same item twice

Answer 1

1. Simple solution to find index for any string value in the List.

Here is code for List Of String:

int indexOfValue = myList.FindIndex(a => a.Contains("insert value from list"));

2. Simple solution to find index for any Integer value in the List.

Here is Code for List Of Integer:

    int indexOfNumber = myList.IndexOf(/*insert number from list*/);