Try ordinalIndexOf() in the CVS. (I think thats what we called it...) Stephen
----- Original Message ----- From: "Maxwell Grender-Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jakarta Commons Developers List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 6:08 PM Subject: [lang] String.xthIndexOf method > I should like to add an xthIndexOf method to StringUtils that finds, for > example, the 3rd space (or returns -1 if there are <3 spaces) in a > string, and the corresponding lastxthIndexOf method. > > Firstly, if I was to code this up, would it be likely to be added? And > secondly, what would we want the method name to be? > > Unfortunately indexOf(String str, String searchStr, int startPos) has > already grabbed, in terms of doing indexOf(String str, String searchStr, > int xthIndexOf) > > Should it thus be indexOf(String str, String searchStr, int startPos, > int xthIndex)? Or alternatively leftIndexOf(String str, String > searchStr, int xthIndex) (and corresponding lastIndexOf and > rightIndexOf). > > Any feedback would be appreciated. > > Regards, > > Max > -- > Maxwell Grender-Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
