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How do you get the index of an element in a list in Java?
indexOf() method of List is used to get the location of an element in the list.
int indexOf(Object o)
Returns the index of the first occurrence of the specified element in this list, or -1 if this list does not contain the element. More formally, returns the lowest index i such that (o==null ? get(i)==null : o.equals(get(i))), or -1 if there is no such index.
Parameters
o − Element to search for.
Returns
The index of the first occurrence of the specified element in this list, or -1 if this list does not contain the element.
Throws
ClassCastException − If the type of the specified element is incompatible with this list (optional).
NullPointerException − If the specified element is null and this list does not permit null elements (optional).
Example
Following is the example showing the usage of indexOf() method −
package com.tutorialspoint;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
public class CollectionsDemo {
public static void main(String[] args) {
List<String> list = new ArrayList<>();
list.add("Zara");
list.add("Mahnaz");
list.add("Ayan");
System.out.println("List: " + list);
String student = "Ayan";
String missingStudent = "Aman";
System.out.println("Ayan is present at: " + list.indexOf(student));
System.out.println("Aman index: " + list.indexOf(missingStudent));
}
}Output
This will produce the following result −
List: [Zara, Mahnaz, Ayan] Ayan is present at: 2 Aman index: -1
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