Why does String.indexOf() accept an int, and not a char?

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Inertia_sublimation - 04 Apr 2004 06:40 GMT

It seems a bit odd that String's indexOf() method accepts an int and not a
char, is there a special reason for this?

Thanks in advance!

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Ryan Stewart - 04 Apr 2004 13:59 GMT

> It seems a bit odd that String's indexOf() method accepts an int and not a
> char, is there a special reason for this?
>
> Thanks in advance!

What's the difference? str.indexOf(65) is identical to str.indexOf('A') and
both of them will compile.

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Kristoffel - 04 Apr 2004 19:15 GMT

> It seems a bit odd that String's indexOf() method accepts an int and not a
> char, is there a special reason for this?
>
> Thanks in advance!

1) to do things without cast:

int i = 5;
s.indexOf ('a' + i);

2) languages that needs more than 65536 characters.

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