Dinfio Documentation — Function Reference: findlast()

Module string → findlast()

Description

Find the position of the last occurrence of a substring in a string

findlast(s, search, start_pos = (length(s)-1))

Parameters

s (string) — A string
search (string) — A string to search for
start_pos (number, optional) — Where to begin the search. The default value is length(s) - 1 (at the end of s)

Return Value

number — Returns the position of the first character of the last match. Returns -1 if no matches were found

Usage Example

findlast("Hello World", "o")      ' Returns 7
findlast("Hello World", "o", 6)   ' Returns 4
findlast("Hello World", "o", 2)   ' Returns -1