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xtreemboarder

Thu Jan 26, 2006 8:49 pm


indexOf on array

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how do you indexOf on arrays?

would it be like:

int num = array.indexOf ("hello");

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rizzix

Thu Jan 26, 2006 9:04 pm



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Short Answer: You can't.

Long Answer: You can, but it's a little different. 

First sort your array.Arrays.sort(array);
Second use binarySearch.int index = Arrays.binarySearch(array, "somevalue");


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wtd

Thu Jan 26, 2006 9:09 pm



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Or you could use Arrays.asList to get a List and then call that list's indexOf method.