How to find index of STRING array in Java from a given value?

Question

I wanted to know if there\'s a native method in array for Java to get the index of the table for a given value ?

Let\'s say my table contains these strings :

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Answer 1

I had an array of all English words. My array has unique items. But using…

Arrays.asList(TYPES).indexOf(myString);

…always gave me indexOutOfBoundException.

So, I tried:

Arrays.asList(TYPES).lastIndexOf(myString);

And, it worked. If your arrays don't have same item twice, you can use:

Arrays.asList(TYPES).lastIndexOf(myString);