Strings.InStrRev(String, String, Int32, CompareMethod) Method

Definition

Returns the position of the first occurrence of one string within another, starting from the right side of the string.

public static int InStrRev (string? StringCheck, string? StringMatch, int Start = -1, Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompareMethod Compare = Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompareMethod.Binary);
public static int InStrRev (string StringCheck, string StringMatch, int Start = -1, Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompareMethod Compare = Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompareMethod.Binary);
static member InStrRev : string * string * int * Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompareMethod -> int
Public Function InStrRev (StringCheck As String, StringMatch As String, Optional Start As Integer = -1, Optional Compare As CompareMethod = Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompareMethod.Binary) As Integer

Parameters

StringCheck
String

Required. String expression being searched.

StringMatch
String

Required. String expression being searched for.

Start
Int32

Optional. Numeric expression setting the one-based starting position for each search, starting from the left side of the string. If Start is omitted then -1 is used, meaning the search begins at the last character position. Search then proceeds from right to left.

Compare
CompareMethod

Optional. Numeric value indicating the kind of comparison to use when evaluating substrings. If omitted, a binary comparison is performed. See Settings for values.

Returns

IfInStrRev returns
StringCheck is zero-length0
StringMatch is zero-length Start
StringMatch is not found0
StringMatch is found within StringCheckPosition at which the first match is found, starting with the right side of the string.
Start is greater than length of StringMatch0

Exceptions

Start = 0 or Start < -1.

Examples

This example demonstrates the use of the InStrRev function.

Dim testString As String = "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"
Dim testNumber As Integer
' Returns 32.
testNumber = InStrRev(testString, "the")
' Returns 1.
testNumber = InStrRev(testString, "the", 16)

Remarks

Note that the syntax for the InStrRev function is not the same as the syntax for the InStr function.

The Compare argument can have the following values.

Constant Description
Binary Performs a binary comparison.
Text Performs a textual comparison.

Applies to

See also