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  1. import java.util.ArrayList;
  2.  
  3. public class Main
  4. {
  5.    public static void main(String[] args)
  6.    {
  7.        ArrayList<String> cities = new ArrayList<String>();
  8.        cities.add("Chicago");
  9.        cities.add("Houston");
  10.        cities.add("San Jose");
  11.        cities.add("Seattle");  
  12.        cities.add("Denver");     
  13.  
  14.        System.out.println(getIndex(cities, "C"));
  15.        System.out.println("Expected: 0");
  16.  
  17.        System.out.println(getIndex(cities, "S"));
  18.        System.out.println("Expected: 2");
  19.  
  20.        System.out.println(getIndex(cities, "D"));
  21.        System.out.println("Expected: 4");
  22.  
  23.        System.out.println(getIndex(cities, "X"));
  24.        System.out.println("Expected: -1");
  25.    }
  26.  
  27.     static int getIndex(ArrayList<String> text, String target)
  28.     {
  29.         int index = -1;
  30.  
  31.         for (int i = 0; index == -1 && i < text.size(); i++)
  32.         {
  33.            if (text.get(i).startsWith(target))
  34.            {
  35.                index = i;
  36.            }
  37.         }
  38.  
  39.         return index;
  40.     }
  41. }
Success #stdin #stdout 0.07s 380160KB
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Java (HotSpot 12)
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