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Finds the n-th index within a String, handling null.
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/**
* <p>Operations on {@link java.lang.String} that are
* <code>null</code> safe.</p>
*
* @see java.lang.String
* @author <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/turbine/">Apache Jakarta Turbine</a>
* @author <a href="mailto:jon@latchkey.com">Jon S. Stevens</a>
* @author Daniel L. Rall
* @author <a href="mailto:gcoladonato@yahoo.com">Greg Coladonato</a>
* @author <a href="mailto:ed@apache.org">Ed Korthof</a>
* @author <a href="mailto:rand_mcneely@yahoo.com">Rand McNeely</a>
* @author Stephen Colebourne
* @author <a href="mailto:fredrik@westermarck.com">Fredrik Westermarck</a>
* @author Holger Krauth
* @author <a href="mailto:alex@purpletech.com">Alexander Day Chaffee</a>
* @author <a href="mailto:hps@intermeta.de">Henning P. Schmiedehausen</a>
* @author Arun Mammen Thomas
* @author Gary Gregory
* @author Phil Steitz
* @author Al Chou
* @author Michael Davey
* @author Reuben Sivan
* @author Chris Hyzer
* @author Scott Johnson
* @since 1.0
* @version $Id: StringUtils.java 635447 2008-03-10 06:27:09Z bayard $
*/
public class Main {
/**
* <p>Finds the n-th index within a String, handling <code>null</code>.
* This method uses {@link String#indexOf(String)}.</p>
*
* <p>A <code>null</code> String will return <code>-1</code>.</p>
*
* <pre>
* StringUtils.ordinalIndexOf(null, *, *) = -1
* StringUtils.ordinalIndexOf(*, null, *) = -1
* StringUtils.ordinalIndexOf("", "", *) = 0
* StringUtils.ordinalIndexOf("aabaabaa", "a", 1) = 0
* StringUtils.ordinalIndexOf("aabaabaa", "a", 2) = 1
* StringUtils.ordinalIndexOf("aabaabaa", "b", 1) = 2
* StringUtils.ordinalIndexOf("aabaabaa", "b", 2) = 5
* StringUtils.ordinalIndexOf("aabaabaa", "ab", 1) = 1
* StringUtils.ordinalIndexOf("aabaabaa", "ab", 2) = 4
* StringUtils.ordinalIndexOf("aabaabaa", "", 1) = 0
* StringUtils.ordinalIndexOf("aabaabaa", "", 2) = 0
* </pre>
*
* @param str the String to check, may be null
* @param searchStr the String to find, may be null
* @param ordinal the n-th <code>searchStr</code> to find
* @return the n-th index of the search String,
* <code>-1</code> (<code>INDEX_NOT_FOUND</code>) if no match or <code>null</code> string input
* @since 2.1
*/
public static int ordinalIndexOf(String str, String searchStr, int ordinal) {
if (str == null || searchStr == null || ordinal <= 0) {
return -1;
}
if (searchStr.length() == 0) {
return 0;
}
int found = 0;
int index = -1;
do {
index = str.indexOf(searchStr, index + 1);
if (index < 0) {
return index;
}
found++;
} while (found < ordinal);
return index;
}
}
