// Create a Unicode String with 5 Greek Alpha characters
String szGreekAlpha = new String('\u0319',5);
// Create a Unicode String with a Greek Omega character
String szGreekOmega = new String(new char [] {'\u03A9','\u03A9','\u03A9'},2,1);

String szGreekLetters = String.Concat(szGreekOmega, szGreekAlpha, szGreekOmega.Clone());

// Examine the result
Console.WriteLine(szGreekLetters);

// The first index of Alpha
int ialpha = szGreekLetters.IndexOf('\u0319');
// The last index of Omega
int iomega = szGreekLetters.LastIndexOf('\u03A9');

Console.WriteLine("The Greek letter Alpha first appears at index " + ialpha +
    " and Omega last appears at index " + iomega + " in this String.");

// Create a Unicode String with 5 Greek Alpha characters
String^ szGreekAlpha = gcnew String( L'\x0319',5 );

// Create a Unicode String with a Greek Omega character
wchar_t charArray5[3] = {L'\x03A9',L'\x03A9',L'\x03A9'};
String^ szGreekOmega = gcnew String( charArray5,2,1 );
String^ szGreekLetters = String::Concat( szGreekOmega, szGreekAlpha, szGreekOmega->Clone() );

// Examine the result
Console::WriteLine( szGreekLetters );

// The first index of Alpha
int ialpha = szGreekLetters->IndexOf( L'\x0319' );

// The last index of Omega
int iomega = szGreekLetters->LastIndexOf( L'\x03A9' );
Console::WriteLine( String::Concat(  "The Greek letter Alpha first appears at index ", Convert::ToString( ialpha ) ) );
Console::WriteLine( String::Concat(  " and Omega last appears at index ", Convert::ToString( iomega ),  " in this String." ) );