How to get string index of JSONArray?

Question

For example I have JSONArray of strings:

["hello", "dear", "community"]

and I want to get index of "dear". How would I do that?

I am iterating over an array and want to check is array element in my JSONArray and get its index.

@Charvee does JSONArray have such a method? developer.android.com/reference/org/json/JSONArray.html — user2917245
– user2917245, Commented May 27, 2014 at 9:09
See this I am using other jar.json-lib.sourceforge.net/apidocs/net/sf/json/JSONArray.html — Charvee Shah
– Charvee Shah, Commented May 27, 2014 at 9:18

Hirak · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-27 08:57:02Z

5

There is no direct way of getting that. Unless you loop through the objects and find the index for the matching string.

for(int i=0;i<arr.length();i++) {
            if("dear".equals(arr.get(i))) {
                return i;
            }
        }

answered May 27, 2014 at 8:57

Hirak

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4 Comments

I am iterating over an array and want to check is array element in my JSONArray and get its index.

@onskulis The code Hirak provided does exactly that.

@Zeeker sorry I mean fast enumeration.

@Hirak thank you for solution, sorry for misunderstanding. It works perfectly, just needed to use it as a function.