How to search a word inside String

Following program shows how to search the word inside a string using indexOf(String str) available in Java. The indexOf(String str)  method returns the position of word with in the string if found, otherwise it returns –1.

Sample Program

package com.javatutorialcorner.javastring;

public class WordSearch {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        String jtc = "Spring tutorials @ Java Tutorials Corner";
        String subString = "Java";
        int index = jtc.indexOf(subString);
        if (index == -1) {
            System.out.println(subString + " not found");
        } else {
            System.out
                    .println("Word " + subString + " found at index " + index);
        }

    }

}

Output

The above code will produce the following result.

Word Java found at index 19

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