Find string position in list C#

Question

I have a list List<string> strList where strings are added to the list throughout the program.

I want to be able to find a certain position or index of the list containing a certain string.

I've managed to check if a string that contains a certain text exists using this code:

if (strList.Exists(str => str.Contains("Chicken")))
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Found it");
            }

But I would like to find which position in the list this string has.

Possible duplicate of [How to get the index of an item in a list in a single step?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17995706/how-to-get-the-index-of-an-item-in-a-list-in-a-single-step) — Stephen Byrne, Feb 26 '17 at 14:56

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 22 '19 at 14:25

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You can use FindIndex

 int index = strList.FindIndex(str => str.Contains("Chicken"));

Searches for an element that matches the conditions defined by the specified predicate, and returns the zero-based index of the first occurrence within the entire List.

edited Feb 22 '19 at 14:25

Martijn Pieters

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answered Feb 26 '17 at 14:55

Muhammad Saqlain

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 04 '20 at 14:20

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Muhammad solution is working fine with me , i just needed to avoid case issues ,i used the below ,same code with minor change

 int Index = listOfStrings.FindIndex(x => x.Msg.Equals(msg, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));

answered Nov 04 '20 at 14:20

Ali

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Find string position in list C#

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