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

No built-in method. But you can implement one easily:

public static int getIndexOf(String[] strings, String item) {
    for (int i = 0; i < strings.length; i++) {
        if (item.equals(strings[i])) return i;
    }
    return -1;
}