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== Why is this an issue?
Most checks against an https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.string.indexof[IndexOf] value compare it with -1 because *0 is a valid index*.
[source,vbnet]
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strings.IndexOf(someString) = -1 ' Test for "index not found"
strings.IndexOf(someString) < 0 ' Test for "index not found"
strings.IndexOf(someString) >= 0 ' Test for "index found"
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Any checks which look for values `> 0` ignore the first element, which is likely a bug. If the intent is merely to check the inclusion of a value in a `String`, `List`, or array, consider using the https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.string.contains[Contains] method instead.
[source,vbnet]
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strings.Contains(someString) ' Boolean result
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This rule raises an issue when the output value of any of the following methods is tested against `> 0`:
* https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.collections.ilist.indexof[IndexOf], applied to `String`, list or array
* https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.string.indexofany[IndexOfAny], applied to a `String`
* https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.string.lastindexof[LastIndexOf], applied to a `String`, list or array
* https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.string.lastindexofany[LastIndexOfAny], applied to a `String`
[source,vbnet]
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someArray.IndexOf(someItem) > 0 ' Noncompliant: index 0 missing
someString.IndexOfAny(charsArray) > 0 ' Noncompliant: index 0 missing
someList.LastIndexOf(someItem) > 0 ' Noncompliant: index 0 missing
someString.LastIndexOf(charsArray) > 0 ' Noncompliant: index 0 missing
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== How to fix it
=== Code examples
==== Noncompliant code example
[source,vbnet,diff-id=1,diff-type=noncompliant]
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Dim Color As String = "blue"
Dim Name As String = "ishmael"
Dim Strings As New List(Of String)
Strings.Add(Color)
Strings.Add(Name)
Dim StringArray As String() = Strings.ToArray()
If Strings.IndexOf(Color) > 0 Then ' Noncompliant
' ...
End If
If Name.IndexOf("ish") > 0 Then ' Noncompliant
' ...
End If
If Name.IndexOf("ae") > 0 Then ' Noncompliant
' ...
End If
If Array.IndexOf(StringArray, Color) > 0 Then ' Noncompliant
' ...
End If
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==== Compliant solution
[source,vbnet,diff-id=1,diff-type=compliant]
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Dim Color As String = "blue"
Dim Name As String = "ishmael"
Dim Strings As New List(Of String)
Strings.Add(Color)
Strings.Add(Name)
Dim StringArray As String() = Strings.ToArray()
If Strings.IndexOf(Color) > -1 Then
' ...
End If
If Name.IndexOf("ish") >= 0 Then
' ...
End If
If Name.Contains("ae") Then
' ...
End If
If Array.IndexOf(StringArray, Color) >= 0 Then
' ...
End If
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