C# get position of a character from string

Question

My code is this:

 string dex = \"ABCD1234\";
 string ch = \"C\";
 string ch1, ch2;
    if (dex.Contains(ch))
    {
       string n = Convert.ToChar(dex);
                


        

Answer 1

You might want to read the documentation on System.String and its methods and properties:

The method you want is IndexOf():

string s = "ABCD1234" ;
char   c = 'C' ;

int offset = s.IndexOf(c) ;
bool found = index >= 0 ;
if ( !found )
{
  Console.WriteLine( "string '{0}' does not contain char '{1}'" , s , c ) ;
}
else
{
  string prefix = s.Substring(0,offset) ;
  string suffix = s.Substring(offset+1) ;

  Console.WriteLine( "char '{0}' found at offset +{1} in string '{2}'." , c , offset , s ) ;
  Console.WriteLine( "The substring before it is '{0}'."             , prefix ) ;
  Console.WriteLine( "The substring following it is '{0}'."          , suffix ) ;

}

Answer 2

string aS = "ABCDEFGHI";
char ch = 'C';
int idx = aS.IndexOf(ch);
MessageBox.Show(string.Format("{0} is in position {1} and between {2} and {3}", ch.ToString(), idx + 1, aS[idx - 1], aS[idx + 1]));

This wont handle if your character is at position zero and some other conditions, you'll have to figure them out.