Выполняет поиск указанного объекта внутри всего одномерного массива и возвращает индекс его первого вхождения.

using System;

public class Example
{
    public static void Main()
    {
       // Create a string array with 3 elements having the same value.
       String[] strings = { "the", "quick", "brown", "fox", "jumps",
                            "over", "the", "lazy", "dog", "in", "the",
                            "barn" };

       // Display the elements of the array.
       Console.WriteLine("The array contains the following values:");
       for (int i = strings.GetLowerBound(0); i <= strings.GetUpperBound(0); i++)
          Console.WriteLine("   [{0,2}]: {1}", i, strings[i]);

       // Search for the first occurrence of the duplicated value.
       String searchString = "the";
       int index = Array.IndexOf(strings, searchString);
       Console.WriteLine("The first occurrence of \"{0}\" is at index {1}.",
                         searchString, index);

       // Search for the first occurrence of the duplicated value in the last section of the array.
       index = Array.IndexOf(strings, searchString, 4);
       Console.WriteLine("The first occurrence of \"{0}\" between index 4 and the end is at index {1}.",
                         searchString, index);

       // Search for the first occurrence of the duplicated value in a section of the array.
       int position = index + 1;
       index = Array.IndexOf(strings, searchString, position, strings.GetUpperBound(0) - position + 1);
       Console.WriteLine("The first occurrence of \"{0}\" between index {1} and index {2} is at index {3}.",
                         searchString, position, strings.GetUpperBound(0), index);
    }
 }
// The example displays the following output:
//    The array contains the following values:
//       [ 0]: the
//       [ 1]: quick
//       [ 2]: brown
//       [ 3]: fox
//       [ 4]: jumps
//       [ 5]: over
//       [ 6]: the
//       [ 7]: lazy
//       [ 8]: dog
//       [ 9]: in
//       [10]: the
//       [11]: barn
//    The first occurrence of "the" is at index 0.
//    The first occurrence of "the" between index 4 and the end is at index 6.
//    The first occurrence of "the" between index 7 and index 11 is at index 10.