# indexOf("what")-what if i want to find all the what's in this sentence full of what's

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**Created:** [May 21, 2009, 10:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/indexof-what-what-if-i-want-to-find-all-the-whats-in-this-sentence-full-of-whats/288856 "2009-05-21T22:30:26Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 10:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/indexof-what-what-if-i-want-to-find-all-the-whats-in-this-sentence-full-of-whats/288856/1 "2009-05-21T22:30:26Z")

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damm, this week looks like its never ending…  
can anyone help me out here?

“what if i want to find all the what’s in this sentence full of what’s?”  
i cant do this with indexOf, and it wont work either with lastIndexOf, since there are 3…

i’m asking this because i’m trying to do a simple htmlText editor and got stuck in the part where i cant check the selected word’s position only with indexOf…

thanks in advance!!