Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import javax.swing.table.TableColumnModel; public class Main { public static int getIndexAtColumnModel(TableColumnModel model, String name) { for (int i = 0; i < model.getColumnCount(); i++) { String headStr = model.getColumn(i).getHeaderValue().toString(); if (name.equals(headStr)) { return i; } } return 0; } }