Package java.util
Class Stack

Public Method search

int search(Object o)

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Description:

Returns the 1-based position where an element is on this stack. The distance from the top of the stack, if the element o occurs as an item in this stack. The element on the top of the stack is considered to be at the distance 1. This method returns -1 if the stack doesn't contain the specified element.

Example

   Stack stack = new Stack();
   stack.push("s");
   stack.push("t");
   stack.push("a");
   stack.push("c");
   stack.push("k");
   Logger.log("position from the 'a' element: " + stack.search("a"));

The example above returns the position from the specified element within the stack.