indexOf() method in string in java.
package program ; import java . util . Scanner ; public class code { public static void main ( String [] args ) { Scanner sc = new Scanner ( System . in ); System . out . println ( "enter string=" ); String s = sc . nextLine (); System . out . println ( "enter a character=" ); char ch = sc . next (). charAt ( 0 ); int ix =- 1 ; for ( int i = 0 ; i < s . length (); i ++ ){ if ( ch == s . charAt ( i )){ ix = i ; break ; } } System . out . println ( ix ); } }