python find the index of item in a string code example

Example 1: how to find the location of a character in a string in python

>>> myString = 'Position of a character'
>>> myString.find('s')
2
>>> myString.find('x')
-1

Example 2: python string indexof

s = "mouse"
animal_letter = s.find('s')
print animal_letter

Example 3: python string index

# Start from zero and the return value is exact index of first letter