indexOf in a string array

Question

Is there anyway to get indexOf like you would get in a string.

output.add("1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10);  
String bigger[] = output.get(i).split(" ");
int biggerWher = bigger.indexOf("10");

I wrote this code but its returning an error and not compiling! Any advice ?

Answer 1

Use this ...

output.add("1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10");  
String bigger[] = output.get(i).split(" ");
int biggerWher = Arrays.asList(bigger).indexOf("3");

Answer 2

When the array is an array of objects, then:

Object[] array = ..
Arrays.asList(array).indexOf(someObj);

Another alternative is org.apache.commons.lang.ArrayUtils.indexOf(...) which also has overloads for arrays of primitive types, as well as a 3 argument version that takes a starting offset. (The Apache version should be more efficient because they don't entail creating a temporary List instance.)