Help with indexOf()

[Wrathchild]

I'm using the following code to detect the presence of a backslash:
String slash = path.substring(0, path.indexOf("/"));
int x = slash.length();

And then I want to use the result in an If statement...If(x>0)...but if 'path' doesn't contain a backslash, it errors saying the string is out of range, which I believe is because if the character doesn't exist it returns -1. Is there a way I can use this method when characters don't exist?
thanks!

 

[stefanwagner]

a) backslash or slash?
b)

int pos = path.indexOf("/"));
if (pos == -1)
/* I don't know what you like to do, if no slash is in the path. */
else
{
String slash = path.substring (0, pos);
int x = slash.length ();
if (x > 0)
/*
I don't know what you like to do here
*/
}

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[stefanwagner]

Sorry - forgot the code-tags:

a) backslash or slash?
b)

int pos = path.indexOf("/"));
if (pos == -1)
/* I don't know  what you like to do, if no slash is in the path. */
else
{
        String slash = path.substring (0, pos);
        int x = slash.length ();
        if (x > 0)
        /*
         I don't know  what you like to do here
        */
}

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http://home.arcor.de/hirnstrom/bewerbung

 

[Wrathchild]

thanks man, that did it!