How do I find the index of a character in a string in Ruby?

For example, str = 'abcdefg'. How do I find the index if c in this string using Ruby?

Solution 1:

index(substring [, offset]) → fixnum or nil
index(regexp [, offset]) → fixnum or nil

Returns the index of the first occurrence of the given substring or pattern (regexp) in str. Returns nil if not found. If the second parameter is present, it specifies the position in the string to begin the search.

"hello".index('e')             #=> 1
"hello".index('lo')            #=> 3
"hello".index('a')             #=> nil
"hello".index(?e)              #=> 1
"hello".index(/[aeiou]/, -3)   #=> 4

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Solution 2:

You can use this

"abcdefg".index('c')   #=> 2

Solution 3:

str="abcdef"

str.index('c') #=> 2 #String matching approach
str=~/c/ #=> 2 #Regexp approach 
$~ #=> #<MatchData "c">

Hope it helps. :)