Detect if String has "." and how many characters after it??

This code fails if there is no dot ...................
It should read:

int dot = s.indexOf(".");
int after = (dot < 0) ? 0 : (s.length() - dot - 1);

If you are after the extension of a filename:
String extension = "";
int dot = s.indexOf('.');
if(dot >= 0)
{
     extension = s.substring(dot);
}

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Hi 894359,

If you want a different value when there is no period character ( -> -1 ) and when there is 0 characters after the period ( -> 0 ) :

int dot = s.indexOf('.');
int after = (dot < 0) ? -1 : (s.length() - dot - 1);

Also, if you want the file extension, you have to use lastIndexOf instead of indexOf, and detect the last file separator also (for example in   C:\my_directory.ext\file_no_extension ) :

int dot=s.lastIndexOf('.'),
     idx1=s.lastIndexOf(java.io.File.separatorChar); // or '/'

if ((idx1>=0)&&(idx1>dot)) dot=-1; // no dot found after the last file separator

String ext=(dot<0)?"":s.substring(dot+1);

>> This code fails if there is no dot ...................

Not necessarily ;-) the value of 'after', if negative, means that the 'dot' was not found so the code doesn't fail :)

Webstorm, you just copied by answer,
mayankeagle, when there's no dot 'after' should be 0 and not negative.
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Actually, on second thought, it would be positivie :) and equal to the length of the String, I guess.

>> Webstorm, you just copied by answer
Not true, read it again, there is a difference i mentioned in my comment : -1 if '.' is not found instead of 0