Thanks for the ideas...
Josen
> How about passing the string to reverse() first. Won't be perfect,
> because you'll need to reverse your search string as well, and then
> subtract the returned index from the length, and unreverse everything
> to use it, but it'll function. YOu can wrap all that up in a UDF
> pretty easily.
>
> Or, if you're on CFMX and feeling adventurous, you can use the
> lastIndexOf() method of the String class like this:
>
> str = "this is a test string";
> i = str.lastIndexOf("is") + 1;
>
> I'm finding the last index of the string "is". Make sure you add one
> to the result though, because Java is zero-indexed while CF is
> one-indexed.
>
> cheers,
> barneyb
>
>
> On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 13:59:31 -0400, Josen Ruiseco
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I need a function or udf that is like find() or findNoCase() except
> that it searches backward from a starting point instead of forward.
> >
> > In other words, it finds the first occurance of a substring within a
> string but searches backwards from a starting point.
> >
> > Josen
> > GoMotorbids.com
>
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