Why doesn't StringBuilder have IndexOf method?
I know this is an old question, however I have written a extension method that performs an IndexOf
on a StringBuilder
. It is below. I hope it helps anyone that finds this question, either from a Google search or searching StackOverflow.
/// <summary>
/// Returns the index of the start of the contents in a StringBuilder
/// </summary>
/// <param name="value">The string to find</param>
/// <param name="startIndex">The starting index.</param>
/// <param name="ignoreCase">if set to <c>true</c> it will ignore case</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static int IndexOf(this StringBuilder sb, string value, int startIndex, bool ignoreCase)
{
int index;
int length = value.Length;
int maxSearchLength = (sb.Length - length) + 1;
if (ignoreCase)
{
for (int i = startIndex; i < maxSearchLength; ++i)
{
if (Char.ToLower(sb[i]) == Char.ToLower(value[0]))
{
index = 1;
while ((index < length) && (Char.ToLower(sb[i + index]) == Char.ToLower(value[index])))
++index;
if (index == length)
return i;
}
}
return -1;
}
for (int i = startIndex; i < maxSearchLength; ++i)
{
if (sb[i] == value[0])
{
index = 1;
while ((index < length) && (sb[i + index] == value[index]))
++index;
if (index == length)
return i;
}
}
return -1;
}
Unfortunately, many of the methods implemented for String could have been implemented for StringBuilder but that was not done. Consider using extension methods to add what you care about.