How to get index of value in array?

Question

I have an array like this :

String[] array = { \"Designation1\", \"Designation2\", \"Designation3\" };

If user put \"Designation2\" as input th

Answer 1

Consider using List instead of array (of just wrap your array in List). This way you will have access to method like indexOf(element) which will return index of first founded element, of -1 if no element in array was found.

String[] array = { "Designation1", "Designation2", "Designation3" };
List list = Arrays.asList(array);

System.out.println(list.indexOf("Designation2")); //prints 1
System.out.println(list.indexOf("foo"));          //prints -1