Java LinkedList - lastIndexOf() Method

The java.util.LinkedList.lastIndexOf() method returns index of the last occurrence of the specified element in the list. It returns -1 if element is not present in the list.

Syntax

public int lastIndexOf(Object obj)

Parameters

Return Value

Returns the index of the last occurrence of the specified element in the list, or -1 if element is not present in the list.

Exception

NA.

Example:

In the example below, the java.util.LinkedList.lastIndexOf() method is used to find the index of last occurrence of 15 in the given list.

import java.util.*;

public class MyClass {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    //creating a linkedlist
    LinkedList<Integer> MyList = new LinkedList<Integer>();

    //populating linkedlist
    MyList.add(10);
    MyList.add(15);
    MyList.add(30);
    MyList.add(15);
    MyList.add(40);

    System.out.print("15 appeared last time at index=" + MyList.lastIndexOf(15)); 
  }
}

The output of the above code will be:

15 appeared last time at index=3