Array.IndexOf Method (Array, Object) (System)

IndexOf Method (Array, Object)

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Array..::.IndexOf Method (Array, Object)

Searches for the specified object and returns the index of the first occurrence within the entire one-dimensional Array.

Namespace: System
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public Shared Function IndexOf ( _
    array As Array, _
    value As Object _
) As Integer

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim array As Array
Dim value As Object
Dim returnValue As Integer

returnValue = Array.IndexOf(array, _
    value)

public static int IndexOf(
    Array array,
    Object value
)

Visual C++

public:
static int IndexOf(
    Array^ array, 
    Object^ value
)

JScript

public static function IndexOf(
    array : Array, 
    value : Object
) : int

Parameters

array: Type: System..::.Array
The one-dimensional Array to search.

value: Type: System..::.Object
The object to locate in array.

Return Value

Type: System..::.Int32
The index of the first occurrence of value within the entire array, if found; otherwise, the lower bound of the array minus 1.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	array is nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).
RankException	array is multidimensional.

Remarks

The one-dimensional Array is searched forward starting at the first element and ending at the last element.

The elements are compared to the specified value using the Object..::.Equals method. If the element type is a nonintrinsic (user-defined) type, the Equals implementation of that type is used.

Since most arrays will have a lower bound of zero, this method would generally return –1 when value is not found. In the rare case that the lower bound of the array is equal to Int32..::.MinValue and value is not found, this method returns Int32..::.MaxValue, which is System.Int32.MinValue - 1.

This method is an O(n) operation, where n is the Length of array.

In the .NET Framework version 2.0, this method uses the Equals and CompareTo methods of the Array to determine whether the Object specified by the value parameter exists. In the earlier versions of the .NET Framework, this determination was made by using the Equals and CompareTo methods of the value Object itself.

Examples

The following code example shows how to determine the index of the first occurrence of a specified element.

Visual Basic

Imports System
Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic

Public Class SamplesArray    

    Public Shared Sub Main()

        ' Creates and initializes a new Array with three elements of
        ' the same value.
        Dim myArray As Array = Array.CreateInstance(GetType(String), 12)
        myArray.SetValue("the", 0)
        myArray.SetValue("quick", 1)
        myArray.SetValue("brown", 2)
        myArray.SetValue("fox", 3)
        myArray.SetValue("jumps", 4)
        myArray.SetValue("over", 5)
        myArray.SetValue("the", 6)
        myArray.SetValue("lazy", 7)
        myArray.SetValue("dog", 8)
        myArray.SetValue("in", 9)
        myArray.SetValue("the", 10)
        myArray.SetValue("barn", 11)

        ' Displays the values of the Array.
        Console.WriteLine("The Array contains the following values:")
        PrintIndexAndValues(myArray)

        ' Searches for the first occurrence of the duplicated value.
        Dim myString As String = "the"
        Dim myIndex As Integer = Array.IndexOf(myArray, myString)
        Console.WriteLine("The first occurrence of ""{0}"" is at index {1}.", _
           myString, myIndex)

        ' Searches for the first occurrence of the duplicated value in the last
        ' section of the Array.
        myIndex = Array.IndexOf(myArray, myString, 4)
        Console.WriteLine("The first occurrence of ""{0}"" between index 4 " _
           + "and the end is at index {1}.", myString, myIndex)

        ' Searches for the first occurrence of the duplicated value in a section
        ' of the Array.
        myIndex = Array.IndexOf(myArray, myString, 6, 5)
        Console.WriteLine("The first occurrence of ""{0}"" between index 6 " _
           + "and index 10 is at index {1}.", myString, myIndex)
    End Sub


    Public Shared Sub PrintIndexAndValues(myArray As Array)
        Dim i As Integer
        For i = myArray.GetLowerBound(0) To myArray.GetUpperBound(0)
            Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Tab + "[{0}]:" + ControlChars.Tab _
               + "{1}", i, myArray.GetValue(i))
        Next i
    End Sub
End Class

' This code produces the following output.
' 
' The Array contains the following values:
'     [0]:    the
'     [1]:    quick
'     [2]:    brown
'     [3]:    fox
'     [4]:    jumps
'     [5]:    over
'     [6]:    the
'     [7]:    lazy
'     [8]:    dog
'     [9]:    in
'     [10]:    the
'     [11]:    barn
' The first occurrence of "the" is at index 0.
' The first occurrence of "the" between index 4 and the end is at index 6.
' The first occurrence of "the" between index 6 and index 10 is at index 6.

using System;
public class SamplesArray  {

   public static void Main()  {

      // Creates and initializes a new Array with three elements of the same value.
      Array myArray=Array.CreateInstance( typeof(String), 12 );
      myArray.SetValue( "the", 0 );
      myArray.SetValue( "quick", 1 );
      myArray.SetValue( "brown", 2 );
      myArray.SetValue( "fox", 3 );
      myArray.SetValue( "jumps", 4 );
      myArray.SetValue( "over", 5 );
      myArray.SetValue( "the", 6 );
      myArray.SetValue( "lazy", 7 );
      myArray.SetValue( "dog", 8 );
      myArray.SetValue( "in", 9 );
      myArray.SetValue( "the", 10 );
      myArray.SetValue( "barn", 11 );

      // Displays the values of the Array.
      Console.WriteLine( "The Array contains the following values:" );
      PrintIndexAndValues( myArray );

      // Searches for the first occurrence of the duplicated value.
      String myString = "the";
      int myIndex = Array.IndexOf( myArray, myString );
      Console.WriteLine( "The first occurrence of \"{0}\" is at index {1}.", myString, myIndex );

      // Searches for the first occurrence of the duplicated value in the last section of the Array.
      myIndex = Array.IndexOf( myArray, myString, 4 );
      Console.WriteLine( "The first occurrence of \"{0}\" between index 4 and the end is at index {1}.", myString, myIndex );

      // Searches for the first occurrence of the duplicated value in a section of the Array.
      myIndex = Array.IndexOf( myArray, myString, 6, 5 );
      Console.WriteLine( "The first occurrence of \"{0}\" between index 6 and index 10 is at index {1}.", myString, myIndex );
   }


   public static void PrintIndexAndValues( Array myArray )  {
      for ( int i = myArray.GetLowerBound(0); i <= myArray.GetUpperBound(0); i++ )
         Console.WriteLine( "\t[{0}]:\t{1}", i, myArray.GetValue( i ) );
   }
}
/*
This code produces the following output.

The Array contains the following values:
    [0]:    the
    [1]:    quick
    [2]:    brown
    [3]:    fox
    [4]:    jumps
    [5]:    over
    [6]:    the
    [7]:    lazy
    [8]:    dog
    [9]:    in
    [10]:    the
    [11]:    barn
The first occurrence of "the" is at index 0.
The first occurrence of "the" between index 4 and the end is at index 6.
The first occurrence of "the" between index 6 and index 10 is at index 6.
*/

Visual C++

using namespace System;
void PrintIndexAndValues( Array^ myArray );
void main()
{
   // Creates and initializes a new Array instance with three elements of the same value.
   Array^ myArray = Array::CreateInstance( String::typeid, 12 );
   myArray->SetValue( "the", 0 );
   myArray->SetValue( "quick", 1 );
   myArray->SetValue( "brown", 2 );
   myArray->SetValue( "fox", 3 );
   myArray->SetValue( "jumped", 4 );
   myArray->SetValue( "over", 5 );
   myArray->SetValue( "the", 6 );
   myArray->SetValue( "lazy", 7 );
   myArray->SetValue( "dog", 8 );
   myArray->SetValue( "in", 9 );
   myArray->SetValue( "the", 10 );
   myArray->SetValue( "barn", 11 );

   // Displays the values of the Array.
   Console::WriteLine(  "The Array instance contains the following values:" );
   PrintIndexAndValues( myArray );

   // Searches for the first occurrence of the duplicated value.
   String^ myString =  "the";
   int myIndex = Array::IndexOf( myArray, myString );
   Console::WriteLine(  "The first occurrence of \"{0}\" is at index {1}.", myString, myIndex );

   // Searches for the first occurrence of the duplicated value in the last section of the Array.
   myIndex = Array::IndexOf( myArray, myString, 4 );
   Console::WriteLine(  "The first occurrence of \"{0}\" between index 4 and the end is at index {1}.", myString, myIndex );

   // Searches for the first occurrence of the duplicated value in a section of the Array.
   myIndex = Array::IndexOf( myArray, myString, 6, 5 );
   Console::WriteLine(  "The first occurrence of \"{0}\" between index 6 and index 10 is at index {1}.", myString, myIndex );
}

void PrintIndexAndValues( Array^ myArray )
{
   for ( int i = myArray->GetLowerBound( 0 ); i <= myArray->GetUpperBound( 0 ); i++ )
      Console::WriteLine(  "\t[{0}]:\t{1}", i, myArray->GetValue( i ) );
}

/*
 This code produces the following output.

 The Array instance contains the following values:
     [0]:    the
     [1]:    quick
     [2]:    brown
     [3]:    fox
     [4]:    jumped
     [5]:    over
     [6]:    the
     [7]:    lazy
     [8]:    dog
     [9]:    in
     [10]:    the
     [11]:    barn
 The first occurrence of "the" is at index 0.
 The first occurrence of "the" between index 4 and the end is at index 6.
 The first occurrence of "the" between index 6 and index 10 is at index 6.
 */

JScript

import System;

// Creates and initializes a new Array with three elements of the same value.
var myArray : System.Array = System.Array.CreateInstance( System.String, 12 );
myArray.SetValue( "the", 0 );
myArray.SetValue( "quick", 1 );
myArray.SetValue( "brown", 2 );
myArray.SetValue( "fox", 3 );
myArray.SetValue( "jumped", 4 );
myArray.SetValue( "over", 5 );
myArray.SetValue( "the", 6 );
myArray.SetValue( "lazy", 7 );
myArray.SetValue( "dog", 8 );
myArray.SetValue( "in", 9 );
myArray.SetValue( "the", 10 );
myArray.SetValue( "barn", 11 );

// Displays the values of the Array.
Console.WriteLine( "The Array contains the following values:" );
PrintIndexAndValues( myArray );

// Searches for the first occurrence of the duplicated value.
var myString : String = "the";
var myIndex : int = System.Array.IndexOf( myArray, myString );
Console.WriteLine( "The first occurrence of \"{0}\" is at index {1}.", myString, myIndex );

// Searches for the first occurrence of the duplicated value in the last section of the Array.
myIndex = System.Array.IndexOf( myArray, myString, 4 );
Console.WriteLine( "The first occurrence of \"{0}\" between index 4 and the end is at index {1}.", myString, myIndex );

// Searches for the first occurrence of the duplicated value in a section of the Array.
myIndex = System.Array.IndexOf( myArray, myString, 6, 5 );
Console.WriteLine( "The first occurrence of \"{0}\" between index 6 and index 10 is at index {1}.", myString, myIndex );


function PrintIndexAndValues( myArray : System.Array  )  {
   for ( var i : int = myArray.GetLowerBound(0); i <= myArray.GetUpperBound(0); i++ )
      Console.WriteLine( "\t[{0}]:\t{1}", i, myArray.GetValue( i ) );
}

 /*
 This code produces the following output.

 The Array contains the following values:
     [0]:    the
     [1]:    quick
     [2]:    brown
     [3]:    fox
     [4]:    jumped
     [5]:    over
     [6]:    the
     [7]:    lazy
     [8]:    dog
     [9]:    in
     [10]:    the
     [11]:    barn
 The first occurrence of "the" is at index 0.
 The first occurrence of "the" between index 4 and the end is at index 6.
 The first occurrence of "the" between index 6 and index 10 is at index 6.
 */

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

Reference

Other Resources

Performing Culture-Insensitive String Operations in Arrays