Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * JFugue, an Application Programming Interface (API) for Music Programming * http://www.jfugue.org * * Copyright (C) 2003-2014 David Koelle * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ public class Main { /** * Returns the index of the first instance of the charToFind * @param s * @param charToFind * @param startIndex * @return */ public static int findNextOrEnd(String s, char charToFind, int startIndex) { return findNextOrEnd(s, new char[] { charToFind }, startIndex); } /** * Returns the index of the first instance of any of the charsToFind * @param s * @param charsToFind * @param startIndex * @return */ public static int findNextOrEnd(String s, char[] charsToFind, int startIndex) { int position = Integer.MAX_VALUE; for (char ch : charsToFind) { int x = s.indexOf(ch, startIndex); if ((x != -1) && (x < position)) { position = x; } } // Wah wahhhh... didn't find what we were looking for if (position == Integer.MAX_VALUE) { position = s.length(); } return position; } }