How to get INDEX of word inside a string

Question

I am trying to get the INDEX of a word inside a string and if possible also to delete all the characters previous to this word in the string, it would make my life easier.

Could anyone help me? Im doing this on c#

Answer 1

You'll want to use the IndexOf function on a string. This will tell you the starting character position of the word, character, etc that you're looking for.

Here is an example console app:

    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        String testing = "text that i am looking for";
        Console.Write(testing.IndexOf("looking") + Environment.NewLine);
        Console.WriteLine(testing.Substring(testing.IndexOf("looking")));

        Console.ReadKey();

    }

This will output:
15
looking for