System Namespace Array Class
Searches for the specified object and returns the index of the last occurrence within the entire one-dimensional Array.
[ VB ]
<Serializable>
Overloads Public Shared Function LastIndexOf ( _
ByVal array As Array, _
ByVal value As Object _
) As Integer
[ C# ]
[Serializable]
public static int LastIndexOf (
Array array,
object value
);
[ C++ ]
[Serializable]
public: static int LastIndexOf (
Array* array,
Object* value
);
[JScript ]
public Serializable
static function LastIndexOf (
array : Array,
value : Object
) : int;
- array
- The one-dimensional Array to search.
- value
- The object to locate in array.
The index of the last occurrence of value within the entire array, if found; otherwise, the lower bound of the array - 1.
The one-dimensional Array is searched backward starting at the last element and ending at the first element.
The elements are compared to the specified value using the Object.Equals method. If the element type is a nonintrinsic ( user-defined ) type, the Equals implementation of that type is used.
Since most arrays will have a lower bound of zero, this method would generally return -1 when value is not found. In the rare case that the lower bound of the array is equal to Int32.MinValue and value is not found, this method returns Int32.MaxValue, which is System.Int32.MinValue - 1.
The following code example shows how to determine the index of the last occurrence of a specified element in an array.
[ VB ]
Imports System
Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic
Public Class SamplesArray
Public Shared Sub Main ( )
' Creates and initializes a new Array with three elements of
' the same value.
Dim myArray As Array = Array.CreateInstance ( GetType ( String ) , 12 )
myArray.SetValue ( "the", 0 )
myArray.SetValue ( "quick", 1 )
myArray.SetValue ( "brown", 2 )
myArray.SetValue ( "fox", 3 )
myArray.SetValue ( "jumped", 4 )
myArray.SetValue ( "over", 5 )
myArray.SetValue ( "the", 6 )
myArray.SetValue ( "lazy", 7 )
myArray.SetValue ( "dog", 8 )
myArray.SetValue ( "in", 9 )
myArray.SetValue ( "the", 10 )
myArray.SetValue ( "barn", 11 )
' Displays the values of the Array.
Response.WriteLine ( "The Array contains the following values:" )
PrintIndexAndValues ( myArray )
' Searches for the last occurrence of the duplicated value.
Dim myString As String = "the"
Dim myIndex As Integer = Array.LastIndexOf ( myArray, myString )
Response.WriteLine ( "The last occurrence of ""{0}"" is at index {1}.", _
myString, myIndex )
' Searches for the last occurrence of the duplicated value in the first
' section of the Array.
myIndex = Array.LastIndexOf ( myArray, myString, 8 )
Response.WriteLine ( "The last occurrence of ""{0}"" between the start " _
+ "and index 8 is at index {1}.", myString, myIndex )
' Searches for the last occurrence of the duplicated value in a section
' of the Array. Note that the start index is greater than the end
' index because the search is done backward.
myIndex = Array.LastIndexOf ( myArray, myString, 10, 6 )
Response.WriteLine ( "The last occurrence of ""{0}"" between index 10 " _
+ "and index 6 is at index {1}.", myString, myIndex )
End Sub
Public Shared Sub PrintIndexAndValues ( myArray As Array )
Dim i As Integer
For i = myArray.GetLowerBound ( 0 ) To myArray.GetUpperBound ( 0 )
Response.WriteLine ( ControlChars.Tab + "[{0}]:" + ControlChars.Tab _
+ "{1}", i, myArray.GetValue ( i ) )
Next i
End Sub
End Class
' This code produces the following output.
'
' The Array contains the following values:
' [0]: the
' [1]: quick
' [2]: brown
' [3]: fox
' [4]: jumped
' [5]: over
' [6]: the
' [7]: lazy
' [8]: dog
' [9]: in
' [10]: the
' [11]: barn
' The last occurrence of "the" is at index 10.
' The last occurrence of "the" between the start and index 8 is at index 6.
' The last occurrence of "the" between index 10 and index 6 is at index 10.
[ C# ]
using System;
public class SamplesArray {
public static void Main ( ) {
// Creates and initializes a new Array with three elements of the same value.
Array myArray=Array.CreateInstance ( typeof ( String ) , 12 );
myArray.SetValue ( "the", 0 );
myArray.SetValue ( "quick", 1 );
myArray.SetValue ( "brown", 2 );
myArray.SetValue ( "fox", 3 );
myArray.SetValue ( "jumped", 4 );
myArray.SetValue ( "over", 5 );
myArray.SetValue ( "the", 6 );
myArray.SetValue ( "lazy", 7 );
myArray.SetValue ( "dog", 8 );
myArray.SetValue ( "in", 9 );
myArray.SetValue ( "the", 10 );
myArray.SetValue ( "barn", 11 );
// Displays the values of the Array.
Response.WriteLine ( "The Array contains the following values:" );
PrintIndexAndValues ( myArray );
// Searches for the last occurrence of the duplicated value.
String myString = "the";
int myIndex = Array.LastIndexOf ( myArray, myString );
Response.WriteLine ( "The last occurrence of \"{0}\" is at index {1}.", myString, myIndex );
// Searches for the last occurrence of the duplicated value in the first section of the Array.
myIndex = Array.LastIndexOf ( myArray, myString, 8 );
Response.WriteLine ( "The last occurrence of \"{0}\" between the start and index 8 is at index {1}.", myString, myIndex );
// Searches for the last occurrence of the duplicated value in a section of the Array.
// Note that the start index is greater than the end index because the search is done backward.
myIndex = Array.LastIndexOf ( myArray, myString, 10, 6 );
Response.WriteLine ( "The last occurrence of \"{0}\" between index 10 and index 6 is at index {1}.", myString, myIndex );
}
public static void PrintIndexAndValues ( Array myArray ) {
for ( int i = myArray.GetLowerBound ( 0 ); i <= myArray.GetUpperBound ( 0 ); i++ )
Response.WriteLine ( "\t[{0}]:\t{1}", i, myArray.GetValue ( i ) );
}
}
/*
This code produces the following output.
The Array contains the following values:
[0]: the
[1]: quick
[2]: brown
[3]: fox
[4]: jumped
[5]: over
[6]: the
[7]: lazy
[8]: dog
[9]: in
[10]: the
[11]: barn
The last occurrence of "the" is at index 10.
The last occurrence of "the" between the start and index 8 is at index 6.
The last occurrence of "the" between index 10 and index 6 is at index 10.
*/
[JScript ]
import System;
// Creates and initializes a new Array with three elements of the same value.
var myArray : System.Array= System.Array.CreateInstance ( System.String, 12 );
myArray.SetValue ( "the", 0 );
myArray.SetValue ( "quick", 1 );
myArray.SetValue ( "brown", 2 );
myArray.SetValue ( "fox", 3 );
myArray.SetValue ( "jumped", 4 );
myArray.SetValue ( "over", 5 );
myArray.SetValue ( "the", 6 );
myArray.SetValue ( "lazy", 7 );
myArray.SetValue ( "dog", 8 );
myArray.SetValue ( "in", 9 );
myArray.SetValue ( "the", 10 );
myArray.SetValue ( "barn", 11 );
// Displays the values of the Array.
Response.WriteLine ( "The Array contains the following values:" );
PrintIndexAndValues ( myArray );
// Searches for the last occurrence of the duplicated value.
var myString : String = "the";
var myIndex : int = System.Array.LastIndexOf ( myArray, myString );
Response.WriteLine ( "The last occurrence of \"{0}\" is at index {1}.", myString, myIndex );
// Searches for the last occurrence of the duplicated value in the first section of the Array.
myIndex = System.Array.LastIndexOf ( myArray, myString, 8 );
Response.WriteLine ( "The last occurrence of \"{0}\" between the start and index 8 is at index {1}.", myString, myIndex );
// Searches for the last occurrence of the duplicated value in a section of the Array.
// Note that the start index is greater than the end index because the search is done backward.
myIndex = System.Array.LastIndexOf ( myArray, myString, 10, 6 );
Response.WriteLine ( "The last occurrence of \"{0}\" between index 10 and index 6 is at index {1}.", myString, myIndex );
function PrintIndexAndValues ( myArray : System.Array ) {
for ( var i : int = myArray.GetLowerBound ( 0 ); i <= myArray.GetUpperBound ( 0 ); i++ )
Response.WriteLine ( "\t[{0}]:\t{1}", i, myArray.GetValue ( i ) );
}
/*
This code produces the following output.
The Array contains the following values:
[0]: the
[1]: quick
[2]: brown
[3]: fox
[4]: jumped
[5]: over
[6]: the
[7]: lazy
[8]: dog
[9]: in
[10]: the
[11]: barn
The last occurrence of "the" is at index 10.
The last occurrence of "the" between the start and index 8 is at index 6.
The last occurrence of "the" between index 10 and index 6 is at index 10.
*/
Array Members Array.LastIndexOf Overload List IndexOf
