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I've never seen indexOf behave like that.  What you're seeing suggests to me
that the source string doesn't contain the data you think it does.

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"Ron Loewy" <nospam@spam.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I am using JBuilder 4 (I know, it is old) and java -version returns the
> following:
>
> java version "1.3.0"
> Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.0-C)
> Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3.0-C, mixed mode)
>
> I have an issue when searching for a substring using the indexOf method of
> the String class, when the : character exists.
>
> For example - I have a very long string that in it has the substring
> [:FirstDateStr]
>
> When I search for FirstDateStr or FirstDateStr]
> (Source.indexOf("FirstDateStr]") - I get the value 424
> When I search for :FirstDateStr or :FirstDateStr]
> (Source.indexOf(":FirstDateStr]") - I get the value -1
> Here is the crazy stuff -
> When I search for [FirstDateStr] (Source.indexOf("[FirstDateStr]") I get
423
>
> It seems as if the : is ignored in the source string, but not in the
> substring I am searching for.
>
> Any ideas what I am doing wrong?
>
> Thanks,
>   Ron.
>
>
>
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