Solution Review: Find Index of a Specific Value in a String
This lesson gives a detailed review on how to find the index of a specific value in a string.
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Solution: Use find()
Use the built-in string function string.find(character)
to find the index of a specific character in a string; this returns the index of the input character or string
For example:
Given
str = "Python Programming"
character = "y"
str.find(character)
Output:1
The following Python code demonstrates how to find the index of a specific value in a string.
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