System Namespace   String Class

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Reports the index position of the last occurrence of a specified String within the given String. The search starts at a specified character position and examines a specified number of character positions.

[ VB ]
<Serializable>
Overloads Public Function LastIndexOf ( _
   ByVal value As String, _
   ByVal startIndex As Integer, _
   ByVal count As Integer _
) As Integer

[ C# ]
[ Serializable ]
public int LastIndexOf (
   string value,
   int startIndex,
   int count
);

[ C++ ]
[ Serializable ]
public: int LastIndexOf (
   String* value,
   int startIndex,
   int count
);

[ JScript ]
public Serializable
function LastIndexOf (
   value : String,
   startIndex : int,
   count : int
) : int;

value

The String to seek.

startIndex

The search starting position.

count

The number of character positions to examine.

Value	Meaning
A positive index position.	value was found.
startIndex	value is Empty.
-1	value was not found.

Exception Type	Condition
ArgumentNullException	value is a null reference ( Nothing in Visual Basic ).
ArgumentOutOfRangeException	count or startIndex is negative. -or- count plus startIndex specify a position not within the given String.

This method begins searching at the startIndex character position of this instance and precedes backwards towards the beginning until either value is found or count character positions have been examined. The search is case-sensitive.

String Members   String.LastIndexOf Overload List   Int32   IndexOf   IndexOfAny   LastIndexOfAny

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