rspec/rules/S4635/description.adoc

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Looking for a given substring starting from a specified offset can be achieved by such code: ``++str.substring(beginIndex).indexOf(char1)++``. This works well, but it creates a new ``++String++`` for each call to the ``++substring++`` method. When this is done in a loop, a lot of ``++Strings++`` are created for nothing, which can lead to performance problems if ``++str++`` is large.
To avoid performance problems, ``++String.substring(beginIndex)++`` should not be chained with the following methods:
* ``++indexOf(int ch)++``
* ``++indexOf(String str)++``
* ``++lastIndexOf(int ch)++``
* ``++lastIndexOf(String str)++``
* ``++startsWith(String prefix)++``
For each of these methods, another method with an additional parameter is available to specify an offset.
Using these methods will avoid the creation of additional ``++String++`` instances.
For indexOf methods, adjust the returned value by subtracting the substring index parameter to obtain the same result.