using System; using System.Linq; public class Test { public static void Main() { string[] arrayEnglishMonth = { "JANUARY", "FEBRUARY", "MARCH", "APRIL", "MAY", "JUNE", "JULY", "AUGUST", "SEPTEMBER", "OCTOBER", "NOVEMBER", "DECEMBER" }; var index = arrayEnglishMonth.Select((v, i) => new { v, i }) .Where(i => i.v.StartsWith("AUG")) .Select(i => i.i) .First(); Console.WriteLine(index); } }