find first occurrence of character in string python code example

Example 1: python search first occurrence in string

s = "the dude is a cool dude"
s.find('dude') # returns 4 - the first index of the first match in the string

Example 2: python find first occurrence in list

#iterate through list
for item in yourlist:
    #if item is equal to a value
    if item == 'value':
        #store the item in a variable
        yourvar = item
        #break out of loop
        break

Example 3: find first occurrence of character in string

// applies to C#
string S = "Any String At All"
int Sindex = S.indexOf("A") // accepts string or char arguments. 

// "Sindex" would be equal to "0", as the indexOf(); meathod returns
// the index position of the first occurance of the specified argument.

Example 4: find first instance of character in string python

mystring.findfirstindex('dude') # should return 4