Can u guys please help me understand the code below? Why is the output 1

Question

public class Program
{
public static void main(String[] args) {
String txt="please locate where 'locate' occours";
System.out.println(txt.indexOf("locate"));
}
}

Answer 1

~ swim ~ sorry what? My result was 7......

Answer 2

p 0
l 1
e 2
a 3
s 4
e 5
6
l 7
o 8
c 9
a 10
t 11
e 12
....

locate occurs on index 7 the first time!

Answer 3

Its definitely 7

Answer 4

thanks so much,i understand now

Answer 5

When I run the programm I get the result 7. Are you sure you got 1 as output?

Answer 6

why is the result 7?

Answer 7

you are welcome

Answer 8

indexOf return 1/-1 if true then 1 if false then -1

Answer 9

The result is 7