String method....

[Shiaber Shaam]

public int indexOf(int ch, int fromIndex)
*if the fromIndex is greater than the length of the string wats the
effect....
*if the fromIndex is equal to the length of the string wats the
effect....
*if the fromIndex is negative wats the effect....

[wise owen]

There is no restriction on the value of fromIndex. If it is negative, it has the same effect as if it were zero: this entire string may be searched. If it is greater than the length of this string, it has the same effect as if it were equal to the length of this string: -1 is returned.

[Balaji Sampath]

hope this sample code will help your understanding!!!

public class StringIndexOf {
public static void main(String[] args) {
   String inputString="Java Ranch";
   int stringLength=inputString.length();
   int greaterFromIndex= stringLength+1;
   int negativeFromIndex= -stringLength;
   System.out.println("Index equals String length : "+inputString.indexOf('R',stringLength));
   System.out.println("Index greater than String Length: "+inputString.indexOf('R',greaterFromIndex));
   System.out.println("Index is negative: "+inputString.indexOf('R',negativeFromIndex));
   }
}

And the output is as follows:

Index equals String Length: -1
Index greater than String Length: -1
Index is negative: 5

Thanks
Balaji.S

[Shiaber Shaam]

Can u explain it more....