Built-in Functions → findLast

findLast() is a string function that returns the index of the last occurrence of a string within another string.

Note

The offset is based on a zero index, findLast() returns the offset where the match is found. If there is no match, findLast() returns -1.

Signature

findLast(string exp1,string exp2)

The following table illustrates the findLast() parameters:

ParameterDescription
string exp1the string to search for
string exp2the string to be searched

Returns

int

Example

Find the index of the last "a" in "banana".

findLast("a", "banana")

This example returns 5.