How to find the index of an element in an int array?

Question

How can I find an index of a certain value in a Java array of type int?

I tried using Arrays.binarySearch on my unsorted array, it only som

Answer 1

Integer[] array = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6};

for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
    if (array[i] == 4) {
        system.out.println(i);
        break;
    }
}

Answer 2

In the main method using for loops: -the third for loop in my example is the answer to this question. -in my example I made an array of 20 random integers, assigned a variable the smallest number, and stopped the loop when the location of the array reached the smallest value while counting the number of loops.

import java.util.Random;
public class scratch {
    public static void main(String[] args){
        Random rnd = new Random();
        int randomIntegers[] = new int[20];
        double smallest = randomIntegers[0];
        int location = 0;

        for(int i = 0; i < randomIntegers.length; i++){             // fills array with random integers
            randomIntegers[i] = rnd.nextInt(99) + 1;
            System.out.println(" --" + i + "-- " + randomIntegers[i]);
        }

        for (int i = 0; i < randomIntegers.length; i++){            // get the location of smallest number in the array 
            if(randomIntegers[i] < smallest){
                smallest = randomIntegers[i];                 
            }
        }

        for (int i = 0; i < randomIntegers.length; i++){                
            if(randomIntegers[i] == smallest){                      //break the loop when array location value == <smallest>
                break;
            }
            location ++;
        }
        System.out.println("location: " + location + "\nsmallest: " + smallest);
    }
}

Code outputs all the numbers and their locations, and the location of the smallest number followed by the smallest number.

Answer 3

/**
     * Method to get the index of the given item from the list
     * @param stringArray
     * @param name
     * @return index of the item if item exists else return -1
     */
    public static int getIndexOfItemInArray(String[] stringArray, String name) {
        if (stringArray != null && stringArray.length > 0) {
            ArrayList<String> list = new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList(stringArray));
            int index = list.indexOf(name);
            list.clear();
            return index;
        }
        return -1;
    }

Answer 4

    Integer[] arr = { 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21 };
    List<Integer> arrlst = Arrays.asList(arr);
    System.out.println(arrlst.lastIndexOf(1));

Answer 5

ArrayUtils.indexOf(array, value);
Ints.indexOf(array, value);
Arrays.asList(array).indexOf(value);

Answer 6

In case anyone is still looking for the answer-

1. You can use ArrayUtils.indexOf() from the [Apache Commons Library][1].

2. If you are using Java 8 you can also use the Strean API:

   public static int indexOf(int[] array, int valueToFind) {
       if (array == null) {
           return -1;
       }
       return IntStream.range(0, array.length)
               .filter(i -> valueToFind == array[i])
               .findFirst()
               .orElse(-1);
   }
   

   [1]: https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-lang/javadocs/api-3.1/org/apache/commons/lang3/ArrayUtils.html#indexOf(int[],%20int)