Java | compare char word in a char array

Question

How do I get the index of a single word (represents in a char array) which can be found in a paragraph (again represents in a char array).

the char represents the word

char word[] = new char[]{'w','o','r','d'};

and here's the paragraph

char para[] = new char[]{'f','g','q','z','y','i','o','p','w','o','r','d'};

I would like to get the index of the first letter in this case 8th. I used binary search by when sorting the words get scrambled.

Thanks.

Answer 1

A bit inefficient theoretically, but rather practical and simple:

int position = new String(paragraph).indexOf(new String(word));

If you want to understand how this works - check the static int indexOf(..) method of java.lang.String