Question

I’m trying to find a forward slash in a string…

This doesn’t seem to work:

if ("/test".indexOf("/") > -1) {

What am I doing wrong?

Funny thing is… I tried this:

if ("!test".indexOf("!") > -1) {

and it works! I also tried \/ for that… help?

Answer 1

To test if a String starts with a given character, use charAt(0) to get that charracter

    if (text.charAt(0) == '/') {

or startsWith(String) to check for more than one character (a String)

    if (text.startsWith("/kick ")) {

EDIT:
use trim() to delete leading and trailing spaces if needed:

    if (text.trim().charAt(0) == '/') {