Use indexOf( ) in a while statement to get the indices of every occurrence of a substring : IndexOf lastIndexOf : String Flash / Flex / ActionScript examples

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Use indexOf( ) in a while statement to get the indices of every occurrence of a substring


 

package{
  import flash.display.Sprite;
  
  public class Main extends Sprite{
    public function Main(){
        var example:String = "This string contains the word cool. Very cool. Yes, cool.";
        var index:int =  -1;
        while ( ( index = example.indexOf( "cool", index + 1 ) ) != -1 ) {
        
          trace( "String contains word cool at index " + index );
        }
    }
  }
}