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<h2><a href="https://leetcode.com/problems/find-the-index-of-the-first-occurrence-in-a-string/">28. Find the Index of the First Occurrence in a String</a></h2><h3>Medium</h3><hr><div><p>Given two strings <code>needle</code> and <code>haystack</code>, return the index of the first occurrence of <code>needle</code> in <code>haystack</code>, or <code>-1</code> if <code>needle</code> is not part of <code>haystack</code>.</p>
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<p><strong class="example">Example 1:</strong></p>
<pre><strong>Input:</strong> haystack = "sadbutsad", needle = "sad"
<strong>Output:</strong> 0
<strong>Explanation:</strong> "sad" occurs at index 0 and 6.
The first occurrence is at index 0, so we return 0.
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<p><strong class="example">Example 2:</strong></p>
<pre><strong>Input:</strong> haystack = "leetcode", needle = "leeto"
<strong>Output:</strong> -1
<strong>Explanation:</strong> "leeto" did not occur in "leetcode", so we return -1.
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<p><strong>Constraints:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><code>1 &lt;= haystack.length, needle.length &lt;= 10<sup>4</sup></code></li>
<li><code>haystack</code> and <code>needle</code> consist of only lowercase English characters.</li>
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