String.LastIndexOf Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System

Assembly:: System.Runtime.dll

Assembly:: mscorlib.dll

Assembly:: netstandard.dll

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Reports the zero-based index position of the last occurrence of a specified Unicode character or string within this instance. The method returns -1 if the character or string is not found in this instance.

Overloads

LastIndexOf(Char)	Reports the zero-based index position of the last occurrence of a specified Unicode character within this instance.
LastIndexOf(String)	Reports the zero-based index position of the last occurrence of a specified string within this instance.
LastIndexOf(Char, Int32)	Reports the zero-based index position of the last occurrence of a specified Unicode character within this instance. The search starts at a specified character position and proceeds backward toward the beginning of the string.
LastIndexOf(String, Int32)	Reports the zero-based index position of the last occurrence of a specified string within this instance. The search starts at a specified character position and proceeds backward toward the beginning of the string.
LastIndexOf(String, StringComparison)	Reports the zero-based index of the last occurrence of a specified string within the current String object. A parameter specifies the type of search to use for the specified string.
LastIndexOf(Char, Int32, Int32)	Reports the zero-based index position of the last occurrence of the specified Unicode character in a substring within this instance. The search starts at a specified character position and proceeds backward toward the beginning of the string for a specified number of character positions.
LastIndexOf(String, Int32, Int32)	Reports the zero-based index position of the last occurrence of a specified string within this instance. The search starts at a specified character position and proceeds backward toward the beginning of the string for a specified number of character positions.
LastIndexOf(String, Int32, StringComparison)	Reports the zero-based index of the last occurrence of a specified string within the current String object. The search starts at a specified character position and proceeds backward toward the beginning of the string. A parameter specifies the type of comparison to perform when searching for the specified string.
LastIndexOf(String, Int32, Int32, StringComparison)	Reports the zero-based index position of the last occurrence of a specified string within this instance. The search starts at a specified character position and proceeds backward toward the beginning of the string for the specified number of character positions. A parameter specifies the type of comparison to perform when searching for the specified string.

LastIndexOf(Char)

Source:: String.Searching.cs

Source:: String.Searching.cs

Source:: String.Searching.cs

Reports the zero-based index position of the last occurrence of a specified Unicode character within this instance.

public:
 int LastIndexOf(char value);

public int LastIndexOf (char value);

member this.LastIndexOf : char -> int

Public Function LastIndexOf (value As Char) As Integer

Parameters

value: Char

The Unicode character to seek.

Returns

Int32

The zero-based index position of value if that character is found, or -1 if it is not.

Examples

The following example defines an ExtractFilename method that uses the LastIndexOf(Char) method to find the last directory separator character in a string and to extract the string's file name. If the file exists, the method returns the file name without its path.

using System;
using System.IO;

public class TestLastIndexOf
{
   public static void Main()
   {
      string filename;
      
      filename = ExtractFilename(@"C:\temp\");
      Console.WriteLine("{0}", String.IsNullOrEmpty(filename) ? "<none>" : filename);
      
      filename = ExtractFilename(@"C:\temp\delegate.txt"); 
      Console.WriteLine("{0}", String.IsNullOrEmpty(filename) ? "<none>" : filename);

      filename = ExtractFilename("delegate.txt");      
      Console.WriteLine("{0}", String.IsNullOrEmpty(filename) ? "<none>" : filename);
      
      filename = ExtractFilename(@"C:\temp\notafile.txt");
      Console.WriteLine("{0}", String.IsNullOrEmpty(filename) ? "<none>" : filename);
   }

   public static string ExtractFilename(string filepath)
   {
      // If path ends with a "\", it's a path only so return String.Empty.
      if (filepath.Trim().EndsWith(@"\"))
         return String.Empty;
      
      // Determine where last backslash is.
      int position = filepath.LastIndexOf('\\');
      // If there is no backslash, assume that this is a filename.
      if (position == -1)
      {
         // Determine whether file exists in the current directory.
         if (File.Exists(Environment.CurrentDirectory + Path.DirectorySeparatorChar + filepath)) 
            return filepath;
         else
            return String.Empty;
      }
      else
      {
         // Determine whether file exists using filepath.
         if (File.Exists(filepath))
            // Return filename without file path.
            return filepath.Substring(position + 1);
         else
            return String.Empty;
      }
   }
}

open System
open System.IO

let extractFilename (filepath: string) =
    // If path ends with a "\", it's a path only so return String.Empty.
    if filepath.Trim().EndsWith @"\" then
        String.Empty
    else
        // Determine where last backslash is.
        let position = filepath.LastIndexOf '\\'
        // If there is no backslash, assume that this is a filename.
        if position = -1 then
            // Determine whether file exists in the current directory.
            if File.Exists(Environment.CurrentDirectory + string Path.DirectorySeparatorChar + filepath) then
                filepath
            else
                String.Empty
        else
            // Determine whether file exists using filepath.
            if File.Exists filepath then
            // Return filename without file path.
                filepath.Substring(position + 1)
            else
                String.Empty

do
    let filename = extractFilename @"C:\temp\"
    printfn $"""{if String.IsNullOrEmpty filename then "<none>" else filename}"""

    let filename = extractFilename @"C:\temp\delegate.txt"
    printfn $"""{if String.IsNullOrEmpty filename then "<none>" else filename}"""

    let filename = extractFilename "delegate.txt"
    printfn $"""{if String.IsNullOrEmpty filename then "<none>" else filename}"""

    let filename = extractFilename @"C:\temp\notafile.txt"
    printfn $"""{if String.IsNullOrEmpty filename then "<none>" else filename}"""

Imports System.IO

Public Module Test
   Public Sub Main()
      Dim filename As String 
      
      filename = ExtractFilename("C:\temp\")
      Console.WriteLine("{0}", IIf(String.IsNullOrEmpty(fileName), "<none>", filename))
      
      filename = ExtractFilename("C:\temp\delegate.txt") 
      Console.WriteLine("{0}", IIf(String.IsNullOrEmpty(fileName), "<none>", filename))

      filename = ExtractFilename("delegate.txt")      
      Console.WriteLine("{0}", IIf(String.IsNullOrEmpty(fileName), "<none>", filename))
      
      filename = ExtractFilename("C:\temp\notafile.txt")
      Console.WriteLine("{0}", IIf(String.IsNullOrEmpty(fileName), "<none>", filename))
   End Sub
   
   Public Function ExtractFilename(filepath As String) As String
      ' If path ends with a "\", it's a path only so return String.Empty.
      If filepath.Trim().EndsWith("\") Then Return String.Empty
      
      ' Determine where last backslash is.
      Dim position As Integer = filepath.LastIndexOf("\"c)
      ' If there is no backslash, assume that this is a filename.
      If position = -1 Then
         ' Determine whether file exists in the current directory.
         If File.Exists(Environment.CurrentDirectory + Path.DirectorySeparatorChar + filepath) Then
            Return filepath
         Else
            Return String.Empty
         End If
      Else
         ' Determine whether file exists using filepath.
         If File.Exists(filepath) Then
            ' Return filename without file path.
            Return filepath.Substring(position + 1)
         Else
            Return String.Empty
         End If                     
      End If
   End Function
End Module 
' The example displays the following output:
'        delegate.txt

Remarks

Index numbering starts from zero. That is, the first character in the string is at index zero and the last is at Length - 1.

This method begins searching at the last character position of this instance and proceeds backward toward the beginning until either value is found or the first character position has been examined. The search is case-sensitive.

This method performs an ordinal (culture-insensitive) search, where a character is considered equivalent to another character only if their Unicode scalar values are the same. To perform a culture-sensitive search, use the CompareInfo.LastIndexOf method, where a Unicode scalar value representing a precomposed character, such as the ligature "Æ" (U+00C6), might be considered equivalent to any occurrence of the character's components in the correct sequence, such as "AE" (U+0041, U+0045), depending on the culture.

Applies to

LastIndexOf(String)

Source:: String.Searching.cs

Source:: String.Searching.cs

Source:: String.Searching.cs

Reports the zero-based index position of the last occurrence of a specified string within this instance.

public:
 int LastIndexOf(System::String ^ value);

public int LastIndexOf (string value);

member this.LastIndexOf : string -> int

Public Function LastIndexOf (value As String) As Integer

Parameters

value: String

The string to seek.

Returns

Int32

The zero-based starting index position of value if that string is found, or -1 if it is not.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

value is null.

Examples

The following example removes opening and closing HTML tags from a string if the tags begin and end the string. If a string ends with a closing bracket character (">"), the example uses the LastIndexOf method to locate the start of the end tag.

using System;

public class Example 
{
   public static void Main() 
   {
      string[] strSource = { "<b>This is bold text</b>", "<H1>This is large Text</H1>",
               "<b><i><font color=green>This has multiple tags</font></i></b>",
               "<b>This has <i>embedded</i> tags.</b>",
               "This line ends with a greater than symbol and should not be modified>" };

      // Strip HTML start and end tags from each string if they are present.
      foreach (string s in strSource)
      {
         Console.WriteLine("Before: " + s);
         string item = s;
         // Use EndsWith to find a tag at the end of the line.
         if (item.Trim().EndsWith(">")) 
         {
            // Locate the opening tag.
            int endTagStartPosition = item.LastIndexOf("</");
            // Remove the identified section, if it is valid.
            if (endTagStartPosition >= 0 )
               item = item.Substring(0, endTagStartPosition);

            // Use StartsWith to find the opening tag.
            if (item.Trim().StartsWith("<"))
            {
               // Locate the end of opening tab.
               int openTagEndPosition = item.IndexOf(">");
               // Remove the identified section, if it is valid.
               if (openTagEndPosition >= 0)
                  item = item.Substring(openTagEndPosition + 1);
            }      
         }
         // Display the trimmed string.
         Console.WriteLine("After: " + item);
         Console.WriteLine();
      }                   
   }
}
// The example displays the following output:
//    Before: <b>This is bold text</b>
//    After: This is bold text
//    
//    Before: <H1>This is large Text</H1>
//    After: This is large Text
//    
//    Before: <b><i><font color=green>This has multiple tags</font></i></b>
//    After: <i><font color=green>This has multiple tags</font></i>
//    
//    Before: <b>This has <i>embedded</i> tags.</b>
//    After: This has <i>embedded</i> tags.
//    
//    Before: This line ends with a greater than symbol and should not be modified>
//    After: This line ends with a greater than symbol and should not be modified>

let strSource = 
    [| "<b>This is bold text</b>"; "<H1>This is large Text</H1>"
       "<b><i><font color=green>This has multiple tags</font></i></b>"
       "<b>This has <i>embedded</i> tags.</b>"
       "This line ends with a greater than symbol and should not be modified>" |]

// Strip HTML start and end tags from each string if they are present.
for s in strSource do
    printfn $"Before: {s}"
    let mutable item = s
    // Use EndsWith to find a tag at the end of the line.
    if item.Trim().EndsWith ">" then
        // Locate the opening tag.
        let endTagStartPosition = item.LastIndexOf "</"
        // Remove the identified section, if it is valid.
        if endTagStartPosition >= 0 then
            item <- item.Substring(0, endTagStartPosition)

        // Use StartsWith to find the opening tag.
        if item.Trim().StartsWith "<" then
            // Locate the end of opening tab.
            let openTagEndPosition = item.IndexOf ">"
            // Remove the identified section, if it is valid.
            if openTagEndPosition >= 0 then
                item <- item.Substring(openTagEndPosition + 1)
    // Display the trimmed string.
    printfn "After: {item}"
    printfn ""
// The example displays the following output:
//    Before: <b>This is bold text</b>
//    After: This is bold text
//
//    Before: <H1>This is large Text</H1>
//    After: This is large Text
//
//    Before: <b><i><font color=green>This has multiple tags</font></i></b>
//    After: <i><font color=green>This has multiple tags</font></i>
//
//    Before: <b>This has <i>embedded</i> tags.</b>
//    After: This has <i>embedded</i> tags.
//
//    Before: This line ends with a greater than symbol and should not be modified>
//    After: This line ends with a greater than symbol and should not be modified>

Module Example
   Public Sub Main()
      Dim strSource As String() = { "<b>This is bold text</b>", _
                    "<H1>This is large Text</H1>", _
                    "<b><i><font color=green>This has multiple tags</font></i></b>", _
                    "<b>This has <i>embedded</i> tags.</b>", _
                    "This line ends with a greater than symbol and should not be modified>" }

      ' Strip HTML start and end tags from each string if they are present.
      For Each s As String In strSource
         Console.WriteLine("Before: " + s)
         ' Use EndsWith to find a tag at the end of the line.
         If s.Trim().EndsWith(">") Then 
            ' Locate the opening tag.
            Dim endTagStartPosition As Integer = s.LastIndexOf("</")
            ' Remove the identified section if it is valid.
            If endTagStartPosition >= 0 Then
               s = s.Substring(0, endTagStartPosition)
            End If
            
            ' Use StartsWith to find the opening tag.
            If s.Trim().StartsWith("<") Then
               ' Locate the end of opening tab.
               Dim openTagEndPosition As Integer = s.IndexOf(">")
               ' Remove the identified section if it is valid.
               If openTagEndPosition >= 0 Then
                  s = s.Substring(openTagEndPosition + 1)
               End If   
            End If      
         End If
         ' Display the trimmed string.
         Console.WriteLine("After: " + s)
         Console.WriteLine()
      Next                   
   End Sub
End Module
' The example displays the following output:
'    Before: <b>This is bold text</b>
'    After: This is bold text
'    
'    Before: <H1>This is large Text</H1>
'    After: This is large Text
'    
'    Before: <b><i><font color=green>This has multiple tags</font></i></b>
'    After: <i><font color=green>This has multiple tags</font></i>
'    
'    Before: <b>This has <i>embedded</i> tags.</b>
'    After: This has <i>embedded</i> tags.
'    
'    Before: This line ends with a greater than symbol and should not be modified>
'    After: This line ends with a greater than symbol and should not be modified>

Remarks

Index numbering starts from zero. That is, the first character in the string is at index zero and the last is at Length - 1.

The search begins at the last character position of this instance and proceeds backward toward the beginning until either value is found or the first character position has been examined.

This method performs a word (case-sensitive and culture-sensitive) search using the current culture.

In the following example, the LastIndexOf(String) method is used to find two substrings (a soft hyphen followed by "n" and a soft hyphen followed by "m") in two strings. Only one of the strings contains a soft hyphen. If the example is run on .NET Framework 4 or later, in each case, because the soft hyphen is an ignorable character, the result is the same as if the soft hyphen had not been included in value.

string s1 = "ani\u00ADmal";
string s2 = "animal";

// Find the index of the last soft hyphen followed by "n".
Console.WriteLine(s1.LastIndexOf("\u00ADn"));
Console.WriteLine(s2.LastIndexOf("\u00ADn"));

// Find the index of the last soft hyphen followed by "m".
Console.WriteLine(s1.LastIndexOf("\u00ADm"));
Console.WriteLine(s2.LastIndexOf("\u00ADm"));

// The example displays the following output:
//
// 1
// 1
// 4
// 3

let s1 = "ani\u00ADmal"
let s2 = "animal"

// Find the index of the last soft hyphen followed by "n".
printfn $"""{s1.LastIndexOf "\u00ADn"}"""
printfn $"""{s2.LastIndexOf "\u00ADn"}"""

// Find the index of the last soft hyphen followed by "m".
printfn $"""{s1.LastIndexOf "\u00ADm"}"""
printfn $"""{s2.LastIndexOf "\u00ADm"}"""

// The example displays the following output:
//
// 1
// 1
// 4
// 3

Dim softHyphen As String = ChrW(&HAD)
Dim s1 As String = "ani" + softHyphen + "mal"
Dim s2 As String = "animal"

' Find the index of the last soft hyphen followed by "n".
Console.WriteLine(s1.LastIndexOf(softHyphen + "n"))
Console.WriteLine(s2.LastIndexOf(softHyphen + "n"))

' Find the index of the last soft hyphen followed by "m".
Console.WriteLine(s1.LastIndexOf(softHyphen + "m"))
Console.WriteLine(s2.LastIndexOf(softHyphen + "m"))

' The example displays the following output:
'
' 1
' 1
' 4
' 3

Notes to Callers

As explained in Best Practices for Using Strings, we recommend that you avoid calling string comparison methods that substitute default values and instead call methods that require parameters to be explicitly specified. To find the last index of a substring within a string instance by using the comparison rules of the current culture, signal your intention explicitly by calling the LastIndexOf(String, StringComparison) method overload with a value of CurrentCulture for its comparisonType parameter. If you don't need linguistic-aware comparison, consider using Ordinal.

Applies to

LastIndexOf(Char, Int32)

Source:: String.Searching.cs

Source:: String.Searching.cs

Source:: String.Searching.cs

Reports the zero-based index position of the last occurrence of a specified Unicode character within this instance. The search starts at a specified character position and proceeds backward toward the beginning of the string.

public:
 int LastIndexOf(char value, int startIndex);

public int LastIndexOf (char value, int startIndex);

member this.LastIndexOf : char * int -> int

Public Function LastIndexOf (value As Char, startIndex As Integer) As Integer

Parameters

value: Char

The Unicode character to seek.

startIndex: Int32

The starting position of the search. The search proceeds from startIndex toward the beginning of this instance.

Returns

Int32

The zero-based index position of value if that character is found, or -1 if it is not found or if the current instance equals Empty.

Exceptions

ArgumentOutOfRangeException

The current instance does not equal Empty, and startIndex is less than zero or greater than or equal to the length of this instance.

Examples

The following example finds the index of all occurrences of a character in a string, working from the end of the string to the start of the string.

// Sample for String::LastIndexOf(Char, Int32)
using namespace System;
int main()
{
   String^ br1 = "0----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+-";
   String^ br2 = "0123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456";
   String^ str = "Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party.";
   int start;
   int at;
   start = str->Length - 1;
   Console::WriteLine( "All occurrences of 't' from position {0} to 0.", start );
   Console::WriteLine( "{0}\n{1}\n{2}\n", br1, br2, str );
   Console::Write( "The letter 't' occurs at position(s): " );
   at = 0;
   while ( (start > -1) && (at > -1) )
   {
      at = str->LastIndexOf( 't', start );
      if ( at > -1 )
      {
         Console::Write( " {0} ", at );
         start = at - 1;
      }
   }
}

/*
This example produces the following results:
All occurrences of 't' from position 66 to 0.
0----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+-
0123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456
Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party.

The letter 't' occurs at position(s): 64 55 44 41 33 11 7
*/

// Sample for String.LastIndexOf(Char, Int32)
using System;

class Sample {
    public static void Main() {

    string br1 = "0----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+-";
    string br2 = "0123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456";
    string str = "Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party.";
    int start;
    int at;

    start = str.Length-1;
    Console.WriteLine("All occurrences of 't' from position {0} to 0.", start);
    Console.WriteLine("{1}{0}{2}{0}{3}{0}", Environment.NewLine, br1, br2, str);
    Console.Write("The letter 't' occurs at position(s): ");

    at = 0;
    while((start > -1) && (at > -1))
        {
        at = str.LastIndexOf('t', start);
        if (at > -1)
            {
            Console.Write("{0} ", at);
            start = at - 1;
            }
        }
    Console.Write("{0}{0}{0}", Environment.NewLine);
    }
}
/*
This example produces the following results:
All occurrences of 't' from position 66 to 0.
0----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+-
0123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456
Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party.

The letter 't' occurs at position(s): 64 55 44 41 33 11 7
*/

// Sample for String.LastIndexOf(Char, Int32)
open System

let br1 = "0----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+-"
let br2 = "0123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456"
let str = "Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party."

let mutable start = str.Length - 1
printfn $"All occurrences of 't' from position {start} to 0."
printfn $"{br1}{Environment.NewLine}{br2}{Environment.NewLine}{str}{Environment.NewLine}"
printf "The letter 't' occurs at position(s): "

let mutable at = 0
while (start > -1) && (at > -1) do
    at <- str.LastIndexOf('t', start)
    if at > -1 then
        printf $"{at} "
        start <- at - 1
printf $"{Environment.NewLine}{Environment.NewLine}{Environment.NewLine}"
(*
This example produces the following results:
All occurrences of 't' from position 66 to 0.
0----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+-
0123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456
Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party.

The letter 't' occurs at position(s): 64 55 44 41 33 11 7
*)

' Sample for String.LastIndexOf(Char, Int32)
Imports System 
 _

Class Sample
   
   Public Shared Sub Main()
      
      Dim br1 As String = "0----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+-"
      Dim br2 As String = "0123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456"
      Dim str As String = "Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party."
      Dim start As Integer
      Dim at As Integer
      
      start = str.Length - 1
      Console.WriteLine("All occurrences of 't' from position {0} to 0.", start)
      Console.WriteLine("{1}{0}{2}{0}{3}{0}", Environment.NewLine, br1, br2, str)
      Console.Write("The letter 't' occurs at position(s): ")
      
      at = 0
      While start > - 1 And at > - 1
         at = str.LastIndexOf("t"c, start)
         If at > - 1 Then
            Console.Write("{0} ", at)
            start = at - 1
         End If
      End While
      Console.Write("{0}{0}{0}", Environment.NewLine)
   End Sub
End Class
'
'This example produces the following results:
'All occurrences of 't' from position 66 to 0.
'0----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+-
'0123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456
'Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party.
'
'The letter 't' occurs at position(s): 64 55 44 41 33 11 7
'

Remarks

Index numbering starts from zero. That is, the first character in the string is at index zero and the last is at Length - 1. This method begins searching at the startIndex character position of this instance and proceeds backward toward the beginning of the current instance until either value is found or the first character position has been examined. For example, if startIndex is Length - 1, the method searches every character from the last character in the string to the beginning. The search is case-sensitive.

Applies to

LastIndexOf(String, Int32)

Source:: String.Searching.cs

Source:: String.Searching.cs

Source:: String.Searching.cs

public:
 int LastIndexOf(System::String ^ value, int startIndex);

public int LastIndexOf (string value, int startIndex);

member this.LastIndexOf : string * int -> int

Public Function LastIndexOf (value As String, startIndex As Integer) As Integer

Parameters

value: String

The string to seek.

startIndex: Int32

The search starting position. The search proceeds from startIndex toward the beginning of this instance.

Returns

Int32

The zero-based starting index position of value if that string is found, or -1 if it is not found or if the current instance equals Empty.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

value is null.

ArgumentOutOfRangeException

The current instance does not equal Empty, and startIndex is less than zero or greater than the length of the current instance.

-or-

The current instance equals Empty, and startIndex is less than -1 or greater than zero.

Examples

The following example finds the index of all occurrences of a string in target string, working from the end of the target string to the start of the target string.

// Sample for String::LastIndexOf(String, Int32)
using namespace System;
int main()
{
   String^ br1 = "0----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+-";
   String^ br2 = "0123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456";
   String^ str = "Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party.";
   int start;
   int at;
   start = str->Length - 1;
   Console::WriteLine( "All occurrences of 'he' from position {0} to 0.", start );
   Console::WriteLine( "{0}\n{1}\n{2}\n", br1, br2, str );
   Console::Write( "The string 'he' occurs at position(s): " );
   at = 0;
   while ( (start > -1) && (at > -1) )
   {
      at = str->LastIndexOf( "he", start );
      if ( at > -1 )
      {
         Console::Write( " {0} ", at );
         start = at - 1;
      }
   }

   Console::WriteLine();
}

/*
This example produces the following results:
All occurrences of 'he' from position 66 to 0.
0----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+-
0123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456
Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party.

The string 'he' occurs at position(s):  56  45  8
*/

// Sample for String.LastIndexOf(String, Int32)
using System;

class Sample {
    public static void Main() {

    string br1 = "0----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+-";
    string br2 = "0123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456";
    string str = "Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party.";
    int start;
    int at;

    start = str.Length-1;
    Console.WriteLine("All occurrences of 'he' from position {0} to 0.", start);
    Console.WriteLine("{1}{0}{2}{0}{3}{0}", Environment.NewLine, br1, br2, str);
    Console.Write("The string 'he' occurs at position(s): ");

    at = 0;
    while((start > -1) && (at > -1))
        {
        at = str.LastIndexOf("he", start);
        if (at > -1)
            {
            Console.Write("{0} ", at);
            start = at - 1;
            }
        }
    Console.Write("{0}{0}{0}", Environment.NewLine);
    }
}
/*
This example produces the following results:
All occurrences of 'he' from position 66 to 0.
0----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+-
0123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456
Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party.

The string 'he' occurs at position(s): 56 45 8


*/

// Sample for String.LastIndexOf(String, Int32)
open System

let br1 = "0----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+-"
let br2 = "0123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456"
let str = "Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party."

let mutable start = str.Length - 1
printfn $"All occurrences of 'he' from position {start} to 0." 
printfn $"{br1}{Environment.NewLine}{br2}{Environment.NewLine}{str}{Environment.NewLine}"
printf "The string 'he' occurs at position(s): "

let mutable at = 0
while (start > -1) && (at > -1) do
    at <- str.LastIndexOf("he", start)
    if at > -1 then
        printf $"{at} "
        start <- at - 1
printf $"{Environment.NewLine}{Environment.NewLine}{Environment.NewLine}"
(*
This example produces the following results:
All occurrences of 'he' from position 66 to 0.
0----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+-
0123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456
Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party.

The string 'he' occurs at position(s): 56 45 8


*)

' Sample for String.LastIndexOf(String, Int32)
 _

Class Sample
   
   Public Shared Sub Main()
      
      Dim br1 As String = "0----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+-"
      Dim br2 As String = "0123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456"
      Dim str As String = "Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party."
      Dim start As Integer
      Dim at As Integer

      '#3
      start = str.Length - 1
      Console.WriteLine("All occurrences of 'he' from position {0} to 0.", start)
      Console.WriteLine("{1}{0}{2}{0}{3}{0}", Environment.NewLine, br1, br2, str)
      Console.Write("The string 'he' occurs at position(s): ")
      
      at = 0
      While start > - 1 And at > - 1
         at = str.LastIndexOf("he", start)
         If at > - 1 Then
            Console.Write("{0} ", at)
            start = at - 1
         End If
      End While
      Console.Write("{0}{0}{0}", Environment.NewLine)
   End Sub
End Class
'
'This example produces the following results:
'All occurrences of 'he' from position 66 to 0.
'0----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+-
'0123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456
'Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party.
'
'The string 'he' occurs at position(s): 56 45 8
'
'

Remarks

Index numbering starts from zero. That is, the first character in the string is at index zero and the last is at Length - 1.

The search begins at the startIndex character position of this instance and proceeds backward toward the beginning until either value is found or the first character position has been examined. For example, if startIndex is Length - 1, the method searches every character from the last character in the string to the beginning.

This method performs a word (case-sensitive and culture-sensitive) search using the current culture.

Character sets include ignorable characters, which are characters that are not considered when performing a linguistic or culture-sensitive comparison. In a culture-sensitive search, if value contains an ignorable character, the result is equivalent to searching with that character removed. In the following example, the LastIndexOf(String, Int32) method is used to find a substring that includes a soft hyphen (U+00AD) and that precedes or includes the final "m" in a string. If the example is run on .NET Framework 4 or later, because the soft hyphen in the search string is ignored, calling the method to find a substring that consists of the soft hyphen and "m" returns the position of the "m" in the string, whereas calling it to find a substring that consists of the soft hyphen and "n" returns the position of the "n".

int position = 0;
string s1 = "ani\u00ADmal";
string s2 = "animal";

// Find the index of the soft hyphen followed by "n".
position = s1.LastIndexOf("m");
Console.WriteLine($"'m' at position {position}");

if (position >= 0)
    Console.WriteLine(s1.LastIndexOf("\u00ADn", position));

position = s2.LastIndexOf("m");
Console.WriteLine($"'m' at position {position}");

if (position >= 0)
    Console.WriteLine(s2.LastIndexOf("\u00ADn", position));

// Find the index of the soft hyphen followed by "m".
position = s1.LastIndexOf("m");
Console.WriteLine($"'m' at position {position}");

if (position >= 0)
    Console.WriteLine(s1.LastIndexOf("\u00ADm", position));

position = s2.LastIndexOf("m");
Console.WriteLine($"'m' at position {position}");

if (position >= 0)
    Console.WriteLine(s2.LastIndexOf("\u00ADm", position));

// The example displays the following output:
//
// 'm' at position 4
// 1
// 'm' at position 3
// 1
// 'm' at position 4
// 4
// 'm' at position 3
// 3

let s1 = "ani\u00ADmal"
let s2 = "animal"

// Find the index of the soft hyphen followed by "n".
let position = s1.LastIndexOf "m"
printfn $"'m' at position {position}"

if position >= 0 then
    printfn $"""{s1.LastIndexOf("\u00ADn", position)}"""

let position = s2.LastIndexOf "m"
printfn $"'m' at position {position}"

if position >= 0 then
    printfn $"""{s2.LastIndexOf("\u00ADn", position)}"""

// Find the index of the soft hyphen followed by "m".
let position = s1.LastIndexOf "m"
printfn $"'m' at position {position}"

if position >= 0 then
    printfn $"""{s1.LastIndexOf("\u00ADm", position)}"""

let position = s2.LastIndexOf "m"
printfn $"'m' at position {position}"

if position >= 0 then
    printfn $"""{s2.LastIndexOf("\u00ADm", position)}"""
// The example displays the following output:
//
// 'm' at position 4
// 1
// 'm' at position 3
// 1
// 'm' at position 4
// 4
// 'm' at position 3
// 3

Dim position As Integer
Dim softHyphen As String = ChrW(&HAD)
Dim s1 As String = "ani" + softHyphen + "mal"
Dim s2 As String = "animal"

' Find the index of the soft hyphen followed by "n".
position = s1.LastIndexOf("m")
Console.WriteLine($"'m' at position {position}")

If position >= 0 Then
    Console.WriteLine(s1.LastIndexOf(softHyphen + "n", position))
End If

position = s2.LastIndexOf("m")
Console.WriteLine($"'m' at position {position}")

If position >= 0 Then
    Console.WriteLine(s2.LastIndexOf(softHyphen + "n", position))
End If

' Find the index of the soft hyphen followed by "m".
position = s1.LastIndexOf("m")
Console.WriteLine($"'m' at position {position}")

If position >= 0 Then
    Console.WriteLine(s1.LastIndexOf(softHyphen + "m", position))
End If

position = s2.LastIndexOf("m")
Console.WriteLine($"'m' at position {position}")

If position >= 0 Then
    Console.WriteLine(s2.LastIndexOf(softHyphen + "m", position))
End If

' The example displays the following output:
'
' 'm' at position 4
' 1
' 'm' at position 3
' 1
' 'm' at position 4
' 4
' 'm' at position 3
' 3

Notes to Callers

As explained in Best Practices for Using Strings, we recommend that you avoid calling string comparison methods that substitute default values and instead call methods that require parameters to be explicitly specified. To find the index of a substring that precedes a particular character position by using the comparison rules of the current culture, signal your intention explicitly by calling the LastIndexOf(String, Int32, StringComparison) method overload with a value of CurrentCulture for its comparisonType parameter. If you don't need linguistic-aware comparison, consider using Ordinal.

Applies to

LastIndexOf(String, StringComparison)

Source:: String.Searching.cs

Source:: String.Searching.cs

Source:: String.Searching.cs

Reports the zero-based index of the last occurrence of a specified string within the current String object. A parameter specifies the type of search to use for the specified string.

public:
 int LastIndexOf(System::String ^ value, StringComparison comparisonType);

public int LastIndexOf (string value, StringComparison comparisonType);

member this.LastIndexOf : string * StringComparison -> int

Public Function LastIndexOf (value As String, comparisonType As StringComparison) As Integer

Parameters

value: String

The string to seek.

comparisonType: StringComparison

One of the enumeration values that specifies the rules for the search.

Returns

Int32

The zero-based starting index position of the value parameter if that string is found, or -1 if it is not.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

value is null.

ArgumentException

comparisonType is not a valid StringComparison value.

Examples

The following example demonstrates three overloads of the LastIndexOf method that find the last occurrence of a string within another string using different values of the StringComparison enumeration.

// This code example demonstrates the 
// System.String.LastIndexOf(String, ..., StringComparison) methods.

using System;
using System.Threading;
using System.Globalization;

class Sample 
{
    public static void Main() 
    {
    string intro = "Find the last occurrence of a character using different " + 
                   "values of StringComparison.";
    string resultFmt = "Comparison: {0,-28} Location: {1,3}";

// Define a string to search for.
// U+00c5 = LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE
    string CapitalAWithRing = "\u00c5"; 

// Define a string to search. 
// The result of combining the characters LATIN SMALL LETTER A and COMBINING 
// RING ABOVE (U+0061, U+030a) is linguistically equivalent to the character 
// LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE (U+00e5).
    string cat = "A Cheshire c" + "\u0061\u030a" + "t";
    int loc = 0;
    StringComparison[] scValues = {
        StringComparison.CurrentCulture,
        StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase,
        StringComparison.InvariantCulture,
        StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase,
        StringComparison.Ordinal,
        StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase };

// Clear the screen and display an introduction.
    Console.Clear();
    Console.WriteLine(intro);

// Display the current culture because culture affects the result. For example, 
// try this code example with the "sv-SE" (Swedish-Sweden) culture.

    Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = new CultureInfo("en-US");
    Console.WriteLine("The current culture is \"{0}\" - {1}.", 
                       Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.Name,
                       Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.DisplayName);

// Display the string to search for and the string to search.
    Console.WriteLine("Search for the string \"{0}\" in the string \"{1}\"", 
                       CapitalAWithRing, cat);
    Console.WriteLine();

// Note that in each of the following searches, we look for 
// LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE in a string that contains 
// LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE. A result value of -1 indicates 
// the string was not found.
// Search using different values of StringComparsion. Specify the start 
// index and count. 

    Console.WriteLine("Part 1: Start index and count are specified.");
    foreach (StringComparison sc in scValues)
        {
        loc = cat.LastIndexOf(CapitalAWithRing, cat.Length-1, cat.Length, sc);
        Console.WriteLine(resultFmt, sc, loc);
        }

// Search using different values of StringComparsion. Specify the 
// start index. 
    Console.WriteLine("\nPart 2: Start index is specified.");
    foreach (StringComparison sc in scValues)
        {
        loc = cat.LastIndexOf(CapitalAWithRing, cat.Length-1, sc);
        Console.WriteLine(resultFmt, sc, loc);
        }

// Search using different values of StringComparsion. 
    Console.WriteLine("\nPart 3: Neither start index nor count is specified.");
    foreach (StringComparison sc in scValues)
        {
        loc = cat.LastIndexOf(CapitalAWithRing, sc);
        Console.WriteLine(resultFmt, sc, loc);
        }
    }
}

/*
Note: This code example was executed on a console whose user interface 
culture is "en-US" (English-United States).

This code example produces the following results:

Find the last occurrence of a character using different values of StringComparison.
The current culture is "en-US" - English (United States).
Search for the string "Å" in the string "A Cheshire ca°t"

Part 1: Start index and count are specified.
Comparison: CurrentCulture               Location:  -1
Comparison: CurrentCultureIgnoreCase     Location:  12
Comparison: InvariantCulture             Location:  -1
Comparison: InvariantCultureIgnoreCase   Location:  12
Comparison: Ordinal                      Location:  -1
Comparison: OrdinalIgnoreCase            Location:  -1

Part 2: Start index is specified.
Comparison: CurrentCulture               Location:  -1
Comparison: CurrentCultureIgnoreCase     Location:  12
Comparison: InvariantCulture             Location:  -1
Comparison: InvariantCultureIgnoreCase   Location:  12
Comparison: Ordinal                      Location:  -1
Comparison: OrdinalIgnoreCase            Location:  -1

Part 3: Neither start index nor count is specified.
Comparison: CurrentCulture               Location:  -1
Comparison: CurrentCultureIgnoreCase     Location:  12
Comparison: InvariantCulture             Location:  -1
Comparison: InvariantCultureIgnoreCase   Location:  12
Comparison: Ordinal                      Location:  -1
Comparison: OrdinalIgnoreCase            Location:  -1

*/

// This code example demonstrates the
// System.String.LastIndexOf(String, ..., StringComparison) methods.

open System
open System.Threading
open System.Globalization

let intro = "Find the last occurrence of a character using different values of StringComparison."

// Define a string to search for.
// U+00c5 = LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE
let CapitalAWithRing = "\u00c5"

// Define a string to search.
// The result of combining the characters LATIN SMALL LETTER A and COMBINING
// RING ABOVE (U+0061, U+030a) is linguistically equivalent to the character
// LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE (U+00e5).
let cat = "A Cheshire c" + "\u0061\u030a" + "t"
let loc = 0
let scValues = 
    [| StringComparison.CurrentCulture
       StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase
       StringComparison.InvariantCulture
       StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase
       StringComparison.Ordinal
       StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase  |]

// Clear the screen and display an introduction.
Console.Clear()
printfn $"{intro}"

// Display the current culture because culture affects the result. For example,
// try this code example with the "sv-SE" (Swedish-Sweden) culture.

Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture <- CultureInfo "en-US"
printfn $"The current culture is \"{Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.Name}\" - {Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.DisplayName}."

// Display the string to search for and the string to search.
printfn $"Search for the string \"{CapitalAWithRing}\" in the string \"{cat}\"\n"

// Note that in each of the following searches, we look for
// LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE in a string that contains
// LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE. A result value of -1 indicates
// the string was not found.
// Search using different values of StringComparsion. Specify the start
// index and count.

printfn "Part 1: Start index and count are specified."
for sc in scValues do
    let loc = cat.LastIndexOf(CapitalAWithRing, cat.Length-1, cat.Length, sc)
    printfn $"Comparison: {sc,-28} Location: {loc,3}"

// Search using different values of StringComparsion. Specify the
// start index.
printfn "\nPart 2: Start index is specified."
for sc in scValues do
    let loc = cat.LastIndexOf(CapitalAWithRing, cat.Length-1, sc)
    printfn $"Comparison: {sc,-28} Location: {loc,3}"

// Search using different values of StringComparsion.
printfn "\nPart 3: Neither start index nor count is specified."
for sc in scValues do
    let loc = cat.LastIndexOf(CapitalAWithRing, sc)
    printfn $"Comparison: {sc,-28} Location: {loc,3}"

(*
Note: This code example was executed on a console whose user interface
culture is "en-US" (English-United States).

This code example produces the following results:

Find the last occurrence of a character using different values of StringComparison.
The current culture is "en-US" - English (United States).
Search for the string "Å" in the string "A Cheshire ca°t"

Part 1: Start index and count are specified.
Comparison: CurrentCulture               Location:  -1
Comparison: CurrentCultureIgnoreCase     Location:  12
Comparison: InvariantCulture             Location:  -1
Comparison: InvariantCultureIgnoreCase   Location:  12
Comparison: Ordinal                      Location:  -1
Comparison: OrdinalIgnoreCase            Location:  -1

Part 2: Start index is specified.
Comparison: CurrentCulture               Location:  -1
Comparison: CurrentCultureIgnoreCase     Location:  12
Comparison: InvariantCulture             Location:  -1
Comparison: InvariantCultureIgnoreCase   Location:  12
Comparison: Ordinal                      Location:  -1
Comparison: OrdinalIgnoreCase            Location:  -1

Part 3: Neither start index nor count is specified.
Comparison: CurrentCulture               Location:  -1
Comparison: CurrentCultureIgnoreCase     Location:  12
Comparison: InvariantCulture             Location:  -1
Comparison: InvariantCultureIgnoreCase   Location:  12
Comparison: Ordinal                      Location:  -1
Comparison: OrdinalIgnoreCase            Location:  -1

*)

' This code example demonstrates the 
' System.String.LastIndexOf(String, ..., StringComparison) methods.

Imports System.Threading
Imports System.Globalization

Class Sample
    Public Shared Sub Main() 
        Dim intro As String = "Find the last occurrence of a character using different " & _
                              "values of StringComparison."
        Dim resultFmt As String = "Comparison: {0,-28} Location: {1,3}"
        
        ' Define a string to search for.
        ' U+00c5 = LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE
        Dim CapitalAWithRing As String = "Å"
        
        ' Define a string to search. 
        ' The result of combining the characters LATIN SMALL LETTER A and COMBINING 
        ' RING ABOVE (U+0061, U+030a) is linguistically equivalent to the character 
        ' LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE (U+00e5).
        Dim cat As String = "A Cheshire c" & "å" & "t"
        Dim loc As Integer = 0
        Dim scValues As StringComparison() =  { _
                        StringComparison.CurrentCulture, _
                        StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase, _
                        StringComparison.InvariantCulture, _
                        StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase, _
                        StringComparison.Ordinal, _
                        StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase }
        Dim sc As StringComparison
        
        ' Clear the screen and display an introduction.
        Console.Clear()
        Console.WriteLine(intro)
        
        ' Display the current culture because culture affects the result. For example, 
        ' try this code example with the "sv-SE" (Swedish-Sweden) culture.
        Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = New CultureInfo("en-US")
        Console.WriteLine("The current culture is ""{0}"" - {1}.", _
                           Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.Name, _
                           Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.DisplayName)
        
        ' Display the string to search for and the string to search.
        Console.WriteLine("Search for the string ""{0}"" in the string ""{1}""", _
                           CapitalAWithRing, cat)
        Console.WriteLine()
        
        ' Note that in each of the following searches, we look for 
        ' LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE in a string that contains 
        ' LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE. A result value of -1 indicates 
        ' the string was not found.
        ' Search using different values of StringComparsion. Specify the start 
        ' index and count. 
        Console.WriteLine("Part 1: Start index and count are specified.")
        For Each sc In  scValues
            loc = cat.LastIndexOf(CapitalAWithRing, cat.Length - 1, cat.Length, sc)
            Console.WriteLine(resultFmt, sc, loc)
        Next sc
        
        ' Search using different values of StringComparsion. Specify the 
        ' start index. 
        Console.WriteLine(vbCrLf & "Part 2: Start index is specified.")
        For Each sc In  scValues
            loc = cat.LastIndexOf(CapitalAWithRing, cat.Length - 1, sc)
            Console.WriteLine(resultFmt, sc, loc)
        Next sc
        
        ' Search using different values of StringComparsion. 
        Console.WriteLine(vbCrLf & "Part 3: Neither start index nor count is specified.")
        For Each sc In  scValues
            loc = cat.LastIndexOf(CapitalAWithRing, sc)
            Console.WriteLine(resultFmt, sc, loc)
        Next sc
    
    End Sub
End Class

'
'Note: This code example was executed on a console whose user interface 
'culture is "en-US" (English-United States).
'
'This code example produces the following results:
'
'Find the last occurrence of a character using different values of StringComparison.
'The current culture is "en-US" - English (United States).
'Search for the string "Å" in the string "A Cheshire ca°t"
'
'Part 1: Start index and count are specified.
'Comparison: CurrentCulture               Location:  -1
'Comparison: CurrentCultureIgnoreCase     Location:  12
'Comparison: InvariantCulture             Location:  -1
'Comparison: InvariantCultureIgnoreCase   Location:  12
'Comparison: Ordinal                      Location:  -1
'Comparison: OrdinalIgnoreCase            Location:  -1
'
'Part 2: Start index is specified.
'Comparison: CurrentCulture               Location:  -1
'Comparison: CurrentCultureIgnoreCase     Location:  12
'Comparison: InvariantCulture             Location:  -1
'Comparison: InvariantCultureIgnoreCase   Location:  12
'Comparison: Ordinal                      Location:  -1
'Comparison: OrdinalIgnoreCase            Location:  -1
'
'Part 3: Neither start index nor count is specified.
'Comparison: CurrentCulture               Location:  -1
'Comparison: CurrentCultureIgnoreCase     Location:  12
'Comparison: InvariantCulture             Location:  -1
'Comparison: InvariantCultureIgnoreCase   Location:  12
'Comparison: Ordinal                      Location:  -1
'Comparison: OrdinalIgnoreCase            Location:  -1
'

Remarks

Index numbering starts from zero. That is, the first character in the string is at index zero and the last is at Length - 1.

The comparisonType parameter specifies to search for the value parameter using:

The current or invariant culture.
A case-sensitive or case-insensitive search.
Word or ordinal comparison rules.

The search begins at the last character position of this instance and proceeds backward toward the beginning until either value is found or the first character position has been examined.

Notes to Callers

Character sets include ignorable characters, which are characters that are not considered when performing a linguistic or culture-sensitive comparison. In a culture-sensitive search (that is, if options is not Ordinal or OrdinalIgnoreCase), if value contains an ignorable character, the result is equivalent to searching with that character removed.

In the following example, the LastIndexOf(String, StringComparison) method is used to find two substrings (a soft hyphen followed by "n", and a soft hyphen followed by "m") in two strings. Only one of the strings contains a soft hyphen. If the example is run on .NET Framework 4 or later, because the soft hyphen is an ignorable character, a culture-sensitive search returns the same value that it would return if the soft hyphen were not included in the search string. An ordinal search, however, successfully finds the soft hyphen in one string and reports that it is absent from the second string.

string s1 = "ani\u00ADmal";
string s2 = "animal";

Console.WriteLine("Culture-sensitive comparison:");

// Use culture-sensitive comparison to find the last soft hyphen followed by "n".
Console.WriteLine(s1.LastIndexOf("\u00ADn", StringComparison.CurrentCulture));
Console.WriteLine(s2.LastIndexOf("\u00ADn", StringComparison.CurrentCulture));

// Use culture-sensitive comparison to find the last soft hyphen followed by "m".
Console.WriteLine(s1.LastIndexOf("\u00ADm", StringComparison.CurrentCulture));
Console.WriteLine(s2.LastIndexOf("\u00ADm", StringComparison.CurrentCulture));

Console.WriteLine("Ordinal comparison:");

// Use ordinal comparison to find the last soft hyphen followed by "n".
Console.WriteLine(s1.LastIndexOf("\u00ADn", StringComparison.Ordinal));
Console.WriteLine(s2.LastIndexOf("\u00ADn", StringComparison.Ordinal));

// Use ordinal comparison to find the last soft hyphen followed by "m".
Console.WriteLine(s1.LastIndexOf("\u00ADm", StringComparison.Ordinal));
Console.WriteLine(s2.LastIndexOf("\u00ADm", StringComparison.Ordinal));

// The example displays the following output:
//
// Culture-sensitive comparison:
// 1
// 1
// 4
// 3
// Ordinal comparison:
// -1
// -1
// 3
// -1

open System

let s1 = "ani\u00ADmal"
let s2 = "animal"

printfn "Culture-sensitive comparison:"

// Use culture-sensitive comparison to find the last soft hyphen followed by "n".
printfn $"""{s1.LastIndexOf("\u00ADn", StringComparison.CurrentCulture)}"""
printfn $"""{s2.LastIndexOf("\u00ADn", StringComparison.CurrentCulture)}"""

// Use culture-sensitive comparison to find the last soft hyphen followed by "m".
printfn $"""{s1.LastIndexOf("\u00ADm", StringComparison.CurrentCulture)}"""
printfn $"""{s2.LastIndexOf("\u00ADm", StringComparison.CurrentCulture)}"""

printfn "Ordinal comparison:"

// Use ordinal comparison to find the last soft hyphen followed by "n".
printfn $"""{s1.LastIndexOf("\u00ADn", StringComparison.Ordinal)}"""
printfn $"""{s2.LastIndexOf("\u00ADn", StringComparison.Ordinal)}"""

// Use ordinal comparison to find the last soft hyphen followed by "m".
printfn $"""{s1.LastIndexOf("\u00ADm", StringComparison.Ordinal)}"""
printfn $"""{s2.LastIndexOf("\u00ADm", StringComparison.Ordinal)}"""

// The example displays the following output:
//
// Culture-sensitive comparison:
// 1
// 1
// 4
// 3
// Ordinal comparison:
// -1
// -1
// 3
// -1

Dim softHyphen As String = ChrW(&HAD)
Dim s1 As String = "ani" + softHyphen + "mal"
Dim s2 As String = "animal"

Console.WriteLine("Culture-sensitive comparison:")

' Use culture-sensitive comparison to find the last soft hyphen followed by "n".
Console.WriteLine(s1.LastIndexOf(softHyphen + "n", StringComparison.CurrentCulture))
Console.WriteLine(s2.LastIndexOf(softHyphen + "n", StringComparison.CurrentCulture))

' Use culture-sensitive comparison to find the last soft hyphen followed by "m".
Console.WriteLine(s1.LastIndexOf(softHyphen + "m", StringComparison.CurrentCulture))
Console.WriteLine(s2.LastIndexOf(softHyphen + "m", StringComparison.CurrentCulture))

Console.WriteLine("Ordinal comparison:")

' Use ordinal comparison to find the last soft hyphen followed by "n".
Console.WriteLine(s1.LastIndexOf(softHyphen + "n", StringComparison.Ordinal))
Console.WriteLine(s2.LastIndexOf(softHyphen + "n", StringComparison.Ordinal))

' Use ordinal comparison to find the last soft hyphen followed by "m".
Console.WriteLine(s1.LastIndexOf(softHyphen + "m", StringComparison.Ordinal))
Console.WriteLine(s2.LastIndexOf(softHyphen + "m", StringComparison.Ordinal))

' The example displays the following output:
'
' Culture-sensitive comparison:
' 1
' 1
' 4
' 3
' Ordinal comparison:
' -1
' -1
' 3
' -1

Applies to

LastIndexOf(Char, Int32, Int32)

Source:: String.Searching.cs

Source:: String.Searching.cs

Source:: String.Searching.cs

Reports the zero-based index position of the last occurrence of the specified Unicode character in a substring within this instance. The search starts at a specified character position and proceeds backward toward the beginning of the string for a specified number of character positions.

public:
 int LastIndexOf(char value, int startIndex, int count);

public int LastIndexOf (char value, int startIndex, int count);

member this.LastIndexOf : char * int * int -> int

Public Function LastIndexOf (value As Char, startIndex As Integer, count As Integer) As Integer

Parameters

value: Char

The Unicode character to seek.

startIndex: Int32

The starting position of the search. The search proceeds from startIndex toward the beginning of this instance.

count: Int32

The number of character positions to examine.

Returns

Int32

The zero-based index position of value if that character is found, or -1 if it is not found or if the current instance equals Empty.

Exceptions

ArgumentOutOfRangeException

The current instance does not equal Empty, and startIndex is less than zero or greater than or equal to the length of this instance.

-or-

The current instance does not equal Empty, and startIndex - count + 1 is less than zero.

Examples

The following example finds the index of all occurrences of a character in a substring, working from the end of the substring to the start of the substring.

// Sample for String::LastIndexOf(Char, Int32, Int32)
using namespace System;
int main()
{
   String^ br1 = "0----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+-";
   String^ br2 = "0123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456";
   String^ str = "Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party.";
   int start;
   int at;
   int count;
   int end;
   start = str->Length - 1;
   end = start / 2 - 1;
   Console::WriteLine( "All occurrences of 't' from position {0} to {1}.", start, end );
   Console::WriteLine( "\n{0}\n{1}\n{2}", br1, br2, str );
   Console::Write( "The letter 't' occurs at position(s): " );
   count = 0;
   at = 0;
   while ( (start > -1) && (at > -1) )
   {
      count = start - end; //Count must be within the substring.
      at = str->LastIndexOf( 't', start, count );
      if ( at > -1 )
      {
         Console::Write( " {0} ", at );
         start = at - 1;
      }
   }
}

/*
This example produces the following results:
All occurrences of 't' from position 66 to 32.
0----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+-
0123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456
Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party.

The letter 't' occurs at position(s): 64 55 44 41 33


*/

// Sample for String.LastIndexOf(Char, Int32, Int32)
using System;

class Sample {
    public static void Main() {

    string br1 = "0----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+-";
    string br2 = "0123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456";
    string str = "Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party.";
    int start;
    int at;
    int count;
    int end;

    start = str.Length-1;
    end = start/2 - 1;
    Console.WriteLine("All occurrences of 't' from position {0} to {1}.", start, end);
    Console.WriteLine("{1}{0}{2}{0}{3}{0}", Environment.NewLine, br1, br2, str);
    Console.Write("The letter 't' occurs at position(s): ");

    count = 0;
    at = 0;
    while((start > -1) && (at > -1))
        {
        count = start - end; //Count must be within the substring.
        at = str.LastIndexOf('t', start, count);
        if (at > -1)
            {
            Console.Write("{0} ", at);
            start = at - 1;
            }
        }
    Console.Write("{0}{0}{0}", Environment.NewLine);
    }
}
/*
This example produces the following results:
All occurrences of 't' from position 66 to 32.
0----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+-
0123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456
Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party.

The letter 't' occurs at position(s): 64 55 44 41 33


*/

// Sample for String.LastIndexOf(Char, Int32, Int32)
open System

let br1 = "0----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+-"
let br2 = "0123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456"
let str = "Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party."

let mutable start = str.Length-1
let last = start / 2 - 1
printfn $"All occurrences of 't' from position {start} to {last}."
printfn $"{br1}{Environment.NewLine}{br2}{Environment.NewLine}{str}{Environment.NewLine}"
printf "The letter 't' occurs at position(s): "

let mutable at = 0
while (start > -1) && (at > -1) do
    let count = start - last //Count must be within the substring.
    at <- str.LastIndexOf('t', start, count)
    if at > -1 then
        printf $"{at} "
        start <- at - 1
printf $"{Environment.NewLine}{Environment.NewLine}{Environment.NewLine}"
(*
This example produces the following results:
All occurrences of 't' from position 66 to 32.
0----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+-
0123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456
Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party.

The letter 't' occurs at position(s): 64 55 44 41 33


*)

' Sample for String.LastIndexOf(Char, Int32, Int32)
 _

Class Sample
   
   Public Shared Sub Main()
      
      Dim br1 As String = "0----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+-"
      Dim br2 As String = "0123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456"
      Dim str As String = "Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party."
      Dim start As Integer
      Dim at As Integer
      Dim count As Integer
      Dim [end] As Integer

      start = str.Length - 1
      [end] = start / 2 - 1
      Console.WriteLine("All occurrences of 't' from position {0} to {1}.", start, [end])
      Console.WriteLine("{1}{0}{2}{0}{3}{0}", Environment.NewLine, br1, br2, str)
      Console.Write("The letter 't' occurs at position(s): ")
      
      count = 0
      at = 0
      While start > - 1 And at > - 1
         count = start - [end] 'Count must be within the substring.
         at = str.LastIndexOf("t"c, start, count)
         If at > - 1 Then
            Console.Write("{0} ", at)
            start = at - 1
         End If
      End While
      Console.Write("{0}{0}{0}", Environment.NewLine)
   End Sub
End Class
'
'This example produces the following results:
'All occurrences of 't' from position 66 to 32.
'0----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+-
'0123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456
'Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party.
'
'The letter 't' occurs at position(s): 64 55 44 41 33
'
'

Remarks

Index numbering starts from zero. That is, the first character in the string is at index zero and the last is at Length - 1.

This method begins searching at the startIndex character position and proceeds backward toward the beginning of this instance until either value is found or count character positions have been examined. For example, if startIndex is Length - 1, the method searches backward count characters from the last character in the string. The search is case-sensitive.

This method performs an ordinal (culture-insensitive) search, where a character is considered equivalent to another character only if their Unicode scalar value are the same. To perform a culture-sensitive search, use the CompareInfo.LastIndexOf method, where a Unicode scalar value representing a precomposed character, such as the ligature "Æ" (U+00C6), might be considered equivalent to any occurrence of the character's components in the correct sequence, such as "AE" (U+0041, U+0045), depending on the culture.

Applies to

LastIndexOf(String, Int32, Int32)

Source:: String.Searching.cs

Source:: String.Searching.cs

Source:: String.Searching.cs

Reports the zero-based index position of the last occurrence of a specified string within this instance. The search starts at a specified character position and proceeds backward toward the beginning of the string for a specified number of character positions.

public:
 int LastIndexOf(System::String ^ value, int startIndex, int count);

public int LastIndexOf (string value, int startIndex, int count);

member this.LastIndexOf : string * int * int -> int

Public Function LastIndexOf (value As String, startIndex As Integer, count As Integer) As Integer

Parameters

value: String

The string to seek.

startIndex: Int32

The search starting position. The search proceeds from startIndex toward the beginning of this instance.

count: Int32

The number of character positions to examine.

Returns

Int32

The zero-based starting index position of value if that string is found, or -1 if it is not found or if the current instance equals Empty.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

value is null.

ArgumentOutOfRangeException

count is negative.

-or-

The current instance does not equal Empty, and startIndex is negative.

-or-

The current instance does not equal Empty, and startIndex is greater than the length of this instance.

-or-

The current instance does not equal Empty, and startIndex - count+ 1 specifies a position that is not within this instance.

-or-

The current instance equals Empty and startIndex is less than -1 or greater than zero.

-or-

The current instance equals Empty and count is greater than 1.

Examples

The following example finds the index of all occurrences of a string in substring, working from the end of the substring to the start of the substring.

// Sample for String::LastIndexOf(String, Int32, Int32)
using namespace System;
int main()
{
   String^ br1 = "0----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+-";
   String^ br2 = "0123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456";
   String^ str = "Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party.";
   int start;
   int at;
   int count;
   int end;
   start = str->Length - 1;
   end = start / 2 - 1;
   Console::WriteLine( "All occurrences of 'he' from position {0} to {1}.", start, end );
   Console::WriteLine( "{1}{0}{2}{0}{3}{0}", Environment::NewLine, br1, br2, str );
   Console::Write( "The string 'he' occurs at position(s): " );
   count = 0;
   at = 0;
   while ( (start > -1) && (at > -1) )
   {
      count = start - end; //Count must be within the substring.
      at = str->LastIndexOf( "he", start, count );
      if ( at > -1 )
      {
         Console::Write( "{0} ", at );
         start = at - 1;
      }
   }

   Console::Write( "{0} {0} {0}", Environment::NewLine );
}

/*
This example produces the following results:
All occurrences of 'he' from position 66 to 32.
0----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+-
0123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456
Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party.

The string 'he' occurs at position(s): 56 45
*/

// Sample for String.LastIndexOf(String, Int32, Int32)
using System;

class Sample {
    public static void Main() {

    string br1 = "0----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+-";
    string br2 = "0123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456";
    string str = "Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party.";
    int start;
    int at;
    int count;
    int end;

    start = str.Length-1;
    end = start/2 - 1;
    Console.WriteLine("All occurrences of 'he' from position {0} to {1}.", start, end);
    Console.WriteLine("{1}{0}{2}{0}{3}{0}", Environment.NewLine, br1, br2, str);
    Console.Write("The string 'he' occurs at position(s): ");

    count = 0;
    at = 0;
    while((start > -1) && (at > -1))
        {
        count = start - end; //Count must be within the substring.
        at = str.LastIndexOf("he", start, count);
        if (at > -1)
            {
            Console.Write("{0} ", at);
            start = at - 1;
            }
        }
    Console.Write("{0}{0}{0}", Environment.NewLine);
    }
}
/*
This example produces the following results:
All occurrences of 'he' from position 66 to 32.
0----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+-
0123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456
Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party.

The string 'he' occurs at position(s): 56 45
*/

// Sample for String.LastIndexOf(String, Int32, Int32)
open System

let br1 = "0----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+-"
let br2 = "0123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456"
let str = "Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party."

let mutable start = str.Length-1
let last = start / 2 - 1
printfn $"All occurrences of 'he' from position {start} to {last}."
printfn $"{br1}{Environment.NewLine}{br2}{Environment.NewLine}{str}{Environment.NewLine}"
printf "The string 'he' occurs at position(s): "

let mutable at = 0
while (start > -1) && (at > -1) do
    let count = start - last //Count must be within the substring.
    at <- str.LastIndexOf("he", start, count)
    if at > -1 then
        printf $"{at} "
        start <- at - 1
printf $"{Environment.NewLine}{Environment.NewLine}{Environment.NewLine}"
(*
This example produces the following results:
All occurrences of 'he' from position 66 to 32.
0----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+-
0123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456
Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party.

The string 'he' occurs at position(s): 56 45
*)

' Sample for String.LastIndexOf(String, Int32, Int32)
 _

Class Sample
   
   Public Shared Sub Main()
      
      Dim br1 As String = "0----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+-"
      Dim br2 As String = "0123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456"
      Dim str As String = "Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party."
      Dim start As Integer
      Dim at As Integer
      Dim count As Integer
      Dim [end] As Integer

      start = str.Length - 1
      [end] = start / 2 - 1
      Console.WriteLine("All occurrences of 'he' from position {0} to {1}.", start, [end])
      Console.WriteLine("{1}{0}{2}{0}{3}{0}", Environment.NewLine, br1, br2, str)
      Console.Write("The string 'he' occurs at position(s): ")
      
      count = 0
      at = 0
      While start > - 1 And at > - 1
         count = start - [end] 'Count must be within the substring.
         at = str.LastIndexOf("he", start, count)
         If at > - 1 Then
            Console.Write("{0} ", at)
            start = at - 1
         End If
      End While
      Console.Write("{0}{0}{0}", Environment.NewLine)
   End Sub
End Class
'
'This example produces the following results:
'All occurrences of 'he' from position 66 to 32.
'0----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+-
'0123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456
'Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party.
'
'The string 'he' occurs at position(s): 56 45
'
'

Remarks

Index numbering starts from zero. That is, the first character in the string is at index zero and the last is at Length - 1.

The search begins at the startIndex character position of this instance and proceeds backward toward the beginning until either value is found or count character positions have been examined. For example, if startIndex is Length - 1, the method searches backward count characters from the last character in the string.

This method performs a word (case-sensitive and culture-sensitive) search using the current culture.

In the following example, the LastIndexOf method is used to find the position of a soft hyphen (U+00AD) followed by an "m" or "n" in two strings. Only one of the strings contains a soft hyphen. In the case of the string that includes the soft hyphen followed by an "m", LastIndexOf returns the index of the "m" when searching for the soft hyphen followed by "m".

int position = 0;
string s1 = "ani\u00ADmal";
string s2 = "animal";

// Find the index of the soft hyphen followed by "n".
position = s1.LastIndexOf("m");
Console.WriteLine($"'m' at position {position}");

if (position >= 0)
    Console.WriteLine(s1.LastIndexOf("\u00ADn", position, position + 1));

position = s2.LastIndexOf("m");
Console.WriteLine($"'m' at position {position}");

if (position >= 0)
    Console.WriteLine(s2.LastIndexOf("\u00ADn", position, position + 1));

// Find the index of the soft hyphen followed by "m".
position = s1.LastIndexOf("m");
Console.WriteLine($"'m' at position {position}");

if (position >= 0)
    Console.WriteLine(s1.LastIndexOf("\u00ADm", position, position + 1));

position = s2.LastIndexOf("m");
Console.WriteLine($"'m' at position {position}");

if (position >= 0)
    Console.WriteLine(s2.LastIndexOf("\u00ADm", position, position + 1));

// The example displays the following output:
//
// 'm' at position 4
// 1
// 'm' at position 3
// 1
// 'm' at position 4
// 4
// 'm' at position 3
// 3

let s1 = "ani\u00ADmal"
let s2 = "animal"

// Find the index of the soft hyphen followed by "n".
let position = s1.LastIndexOf "m"
printfn $"'m' at position {position}"

if position  >= 0 then
    printfn $"""{s1.LastIndexOf("\u00ADn", position, position + 1)}"""

let position = s2.LastIndexOf "m"
printfn $"'m' at position {position}"

if position  >= 0 then
    printfn $"""{s2.LastIndexOf("\u00ADn", position, position + 1)}"""

// Find the index of the soft hyphen followed by "m".
let position = s1.LastIndexOf "m"
printfn $"'m' at position {position}"

if position  >= 0 then
    printfn $"""{s1.LastIndexOf("\u00ADm", position, position + 1)}"""

let position = s2.LastIndexOf "m"
printfn $"'m' at position {position}"

if position  >= 0 then
    printfn $"""{s2.LastIndexOf("\u00ADm", position, position + 1)}"""

// The example displays the following output:
//
// 'm' at position 4
// 1
// 'm' at position 3
// 1
// 'm' at position 4
// 4
// 'm' at position 3
// 3

Dim position As Integer
Dim softHyphen As String = ChrW(&HAD)

Dim s1 As String = "ani" + softHyphen + "mal"
Dim s2 As String = "animal"

' Find the index of the soft hyphen followed by "n".
position = s1.LastIndexOf("m")
Console.WriteLine($"'m' at position {position}")

If position >= 0 Then
    Console.WriteLine(s1.LastIndexOf(softHyphen + "n", position, position + 1))
End If

position = s2.LastIndexOf("m")
Console.WriteLine($"'m' at position {position}")

If position >= 0 Then
    Console.WriteLine(s2.LastIndexOf(softHyphen + "n", position, position + 1))
End If

' Find the index of the soft hyphen followed by "m".
position = s1.LastIndexOf("m")
Console.WriteLine($"'m' at position {position}")

If position >= 0 Then
    Console.WriteLine(s1.LastIndexOf(softHyphen + "m", position, position + 1))
End If

position = s2.LastIndexOf("m")
Console.WriteLine($"'m' at position {position}")

If position >= 0 Then
    Console.WriteLine(s2.LastIndexOf(softHyphen + "m", position, position + 1))
End If

' The example displays the following output:
'
' 'm' at position 4
' 1
' 'm' at position 3
' 1
' 'm' at position 4
' 4
' 'm' at position 3
' 3

Notes to Callers

As explained in Best Practices for Using Strings, we recommend that you avoid calling string comparison methods that substitute default values and instead call methods that require parameters to be explicitly specified. To perform this operation by using the comparison rules of the current culture, signal your intention explicitly by calling the LastIndexOf(String, Int32, Int32, StringComparison) method overload with a value of CurrentCulture for its comparisonType parameter. If you don't need linguistic-aware comparison, consider using Ordinal.

Applies to

LastIndexOf(String, Int32, StringComparison)

Source:: String.Searching.cs

Source:: String.Searching.cs

Source:: String.Searching.cs

Reports the zero-based index of the last occurrence of a specified string within the current String object. The search starts at a specified character position and proceeds backward toward the beginning of the string. A parameter specifies the type of comparison to perform when searching for the specified string.

public:
 int LastIndexOf(System::String ^ value, int startIndex, StringComparison comparisonType);

public int LastIndexOf (string value, int startIndex, StringComparison comparisonType);

member this.LastIndexOf : string * int * StringComparison -> int

Public Function LastIndexOf (value As String, startIndex As Integer, comparisonType As StringComparison) As Integer

Parameters

value: String

The string to seek.

startIndex: Int32

The search starting position. The search proceeds from startIndex toward the beginning of this instance.

comparisonType: StringComparison

One of the enumeration values that specifies the rules for the search.

Returns

Int32

The zero-based starting index position of the value parameter if that string is found, or -1 if it is not found or if the current instance equals Empty.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

value is null.

ArgumentOutOfRangeException

The current instance does not equal Empty, and startIndex is less than zero or greater than the length of the current instance.

-or-

The current instance equals Empty, and startIndex is less than -1 or greater than zero.

ArgumentException

comparisonType is not a valid StringComparison value.

Examples

// This code example demonstrates the 
// System.String.LastIndexOf(String, ..., StringComparison) methods.

using System;
using System.Threading;
using System.Globalization;

class Sample 
{
    public static void Main() 
    {
    string intro = "Find the last occurrence of a character using different " + 
                   "values of StringComparison.";
    string resultFmt = "Comparison: {0,-28} Location: {1,3}";

// Define a string to search for.
// U+00c5 = LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE
    string CapitalAWithRing = "\u00c5"; 

// Define a string to search. 
// The result of combining the characters LATIN SMALL LETTER A and COMBINING 
// RING ABOVE (U+0061, U+030a) is linguistically equivalent to the character 
// LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE (U+00e5).
    string cat = "A Cheshire c" + "\u0061\u030a" + "t";
    int loc = 0;
    StringComparison[] scValues = {
        StringComparison.CurrentCulture,
        StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase,
        StringComparison.InvariantCulture,
        StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase,
        StringComparison.Ordinal,
        StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase };

// Clear the screen and display an introduction.
    Console.Clear();
    Console.WriteLine(intro);

// Display the current culture because culture affects the result. For example, 
// try this code example with the "sv-SE" (Swedish-Sweden) culture.

    Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = new CultureInfo("en-US");
    Console.WriteLine("The current culture is \"{0}\" - {1}.", 
                       Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.Name,
                       Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.DisplayName);

// Display the string to search for and the string to search.
    Console.WriteLine("Search for the string \"{0}\" in the string \"{1}\"", 
                       CapitalAWithRing, cat);
    Console.WriteLine();

// Note that in each of the following searches, we look for 
// LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE in a string that contains 
// LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE. A result value of -1 indicates 
// the string was not found.
// Search using different values of StringComparsion. Specify the start 
// index and count. 

    Console.WriteLine("Part 1: Start index and count are specified.");
    foreach (StringComparison sc in scValues)
        {
        loc = cat.LastIndexOf(CapitalAWithRing, cat.Length-1, cat.Length, sc);
        Console.WriteLine(resultFmt, sc, loc);
        }

// Search using different values of StringComparsion. Specify the 
// start index. 
    Console.WriteLine("\nPart 2: Start index is specified.");
    foreach (StringComparison sc in scValues)
        {
        loc = cat.LastIndexOf(CapitalAWithRing, cat.Length-1, sc);
        Console.WriteLine(resultFmt, sc, loc);
        }

// Search using different values of StringComparsion. 
    Console.WriteLine("\nPart 3: Neither start index nor count is specified.");
    foreach (StringComparison sc in scValues)
        {
        loc = cat.LastIndexOf(CapitalAWithRing, sc);
        Console.WriteLine(resultFmt, sc, loc);
        }
    }
}

/*
Note: This code example was executed on a console whose user interface 
culture is "en-US" (English-United States).

This code example produces the following results:

Find the last occurrence of a character using different values of StringComparison.
The current culture is "en-US" - English (United States).
Search for the string "Å" in the string "A Cheshire ca°t"

Part 1: Start index and count are specified.
Comparison: CurrentCulture               Location:  -1
Comparison: CurrentCultureIgnoreCase     Location:  12
Comparison: InvariantCulture             Location:  -1
Comparison: InvariantCultureIgnoreCase   Location:  12
Comparison: Ordinal                      Location:  -1
Comparison: OrdinalIgnoreCase            Location:  -1

Part 2: Start index is specified.
Comparison: CurrentCulture               Location:  -1
Comparison: CurrentCultureIgnoreCase     Location:  12
Comparison: InvariantCulture             Location:  -1
Comparison: InvariantCultureIgnoreCase   Location:  12
Comparison: Ordinal                      Location:  -1
Comparison: OrdinalIgnoreCase            Location:  -1

Part 3: Neither start index nor count is specified.
Comparison: CurrentCulture               Location:  -1
Comparison: CurrentCultureIgnoreCase     Location:  12
Comparison: InvariantCulture             Location:  -1
Comparison: InvariantCultureIgnoreCase   Location:  12
Comparison: Ordinal                      Location:  -1
Comparison: OrdinalIgnoreCase            Location:  -1

*/

// This code example demonstrates the
// System.String.LastIndexOf(String, ..., StringComparison) methods.

open System
open System.Threading
open System.Globalization

let intro = "Find the last occurrence of a character using different values of StringComparison."

// Define a string to search for.
// U+00c5 = LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE
let CapitalAWithRing = "\u00c5"

// Define a string to search.
// The result of combining the characters LATIN SMALL LETTER A and COMBINING
// RING ABOVE (U+0061, U+030a) is linguistically equivalent to the character
// LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE (U+00e5).
let cat = "A Cheshire c" + "\u0061\u030a" + "t"
let loc = 0
let scValues = 
    [| StringComparison.CurrentCulture
       StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase
       StringComparison.InvariantCulture
       StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase
       StringComparison.Ordinal
       StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase  |]

// Clear the screen and display an introduction.
Console.Clear()
printfn $"{intro}"

// Display the current culture because culture affects the result. For example,
// try this code example with the "sv-SE" (Swedish-Sweden) culture.

Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture <- CultureInfo "en-US"
printfn $"The current culture is \"{Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.Name}\" - {Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.DisplayName}."

// Display the string to search for and the string to search.
printfn $"Search for the string \"{CapitalAWithRing}\" in the string \"{cat}\"\n"

// Note that in each of the following searches, we look for
// LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE in a string that contains
// LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE. A result value of -1 indicates
// the string was not found.
// Search using different values of StringComparsion. Specify the start
// index and count.

printfn "Part 1: Start index and count are specified."
for sc in scValues do
    let loc = cat.LastIndexOf(CapitalAWithRing, cat.Length-1, cat.Length, sc)
    printfn $"Comparison: {sc,-28} Location: {loc,3}"

// Search using different values of StringComparsion. Specify the
// start index.
printfn "\nPart 2: Start index is specified."
for sc in scValues do
    let loc = cat.LastIndexOf(CapitalAWithRing, cat.Length-1, sc)
    printfn $"Comparison: {sc,-28} Location: {loc,3}"

// Search using different values of StringComparsion.
printfn "\nPart 3: Neither start index nor count is specified."
for sc in scValues do
    let loc = cat.LastIndexOf(CapitalAWithRing, sc)
    printfn $"Comparison: {sc,-28} Location: {loc,3}"

(*
Note: This code example was executed on a console whose user interface
culture is "en-US" (English-United States).

This code example produces the following results:

Find the last occurrence of a character using different values of StringComparison.
The current culture is "en-US" - English (United States).
Search for the string "Å" in the string "A Cheshire ca°t"

Part 1: Start index and count are specified.
Comparison: CurrentCulture               Location:  -1
Comparison: CurrentCultureIgnoreCase     Location:  12
Comparison: InvariantCulture             Location:  -1
Comparison: InvariantCultureIgnoreCase   Location:  12
Comparison: Ordinal                      Location:  -1
Comparison: OrdinalIgnoreCase            Location:  -1

Part 2: Start index is specified.
Comparison: CurrentCulture               Location:  -1
Comparison: CurrentCultureIgnoreCase     Location:  12
Comparison: InvariantCulture             Location:  -1
Comparison: InvariantCultureIgnoreCase   Location:  12
Comparison: Ordinal                      Location:  -1
Comparison: OrdinalIgnoreCase            Location:  -1

Part 3: Neither start index nor count is specified.
Comparison: CurrentCulture               Location:  -1
Comparison: CurrentCultureIgnoreCase     Location:  12
Comparison: InvariantCulture             Location:  -1
Comparison: InvariantCultureIgnoreCase   Location:  12
Comparison: Ordinal                      Location:  -1
Comparison: OrdinalIgnoreCase            Location:  -1

*)

' This code example demonstrates the 
' System.String.LastIndexOf(String, ..., StringComparison) methods.

Imports System.Threading
Imports System.Globalization

Class Sample
    Public Shared Sub Main() 
        Dim intro As String = "Find the last occurrence of a character using different " & _
                              "values of StringComparison."
        Dim resultFmt As String = "Comparison: {0,-28} Location: {1,3}"
        
        ' Define a string to search for.
        ' U+00c5 = LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE
        Dim CapitalAWithRing As String = "Å"
        
        ' Define a string to search. 
        ' The result of combining the characters LATIN SMALL LETTER A and COMBINING 
        ' RING ABOVE (U+0061, U+030a) is linguistically equivalent to the character 
        ' LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE (U+00e5).
        Dim cat As String = "A Cheshire c" & "å" & "t"
        Dim loc As Integer = 0
        Dim scValues As StringComparison() =  { _
                        StringComparison.CurrentCulture, _
                        StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase, _
                        StringComparison.InvariantCulture, _
                        StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase, _
                        StringComparison.Ordinal, _
                        StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase }
        Dim sc As StringComparison
        
        ' Clear the screen and display an introduction.
        Console.Clear()
        Console.WriteLine(intro)
        
        ' Display the current culture because culture affects the result. For example, 
        ' try this code example with the "sv-SE" (Swedish-Sweden) culture.
        Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = New CultureInfo("en-US")
        Console.WriteLine("The current culture is ""{0}"" - {1}.", _
                           Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.Name, _
                           Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.DisplayName)
        
        ' Display the string to search for and the string to search.
        Console.WriteLine("Search for the string ""{0}"" in the string ""{1}""", _
                           CapitalAWithRing, cat)
        Console.WriteLine()
        
        ' Note that in each of the following searches, we look for 
        ' LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE in a string that contains 
        ' LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE. A result value of -1 indicates 
        ' the string was not found.
        ' Search using different values of StringComparsion. Specify the start 
        ' index and count. 
        Console.WriteLine("Part 1: Start index and count are specified.")
        For Each sc In  scValues
            loc = cat.LastIndexOf(CapitalAWithRing, cat.Length - 1, cat.Length, sc)
            Console.WriteLine(resultFmt, sc, loc)
        Next sc
        
        ' Search using different values of StringComparsion. Specify the 
        ' start index. 
        Console.WriteLine(vbCrLf & "Part 2: Start index is specified.")
        For Each sc In  scValues
            loc = cat.LastIndexOf(CapitalAWithRing, cat.Length - 1, sc)
            Console.WriteLine(resultFmt, sc, loc)
        Next sc
        
        ' Search using different values of StringComparsion. 
        Console.WriteLine(vbCrLf & "Part 3: Neither start index nor count is specified.")
        For Each sc In  scValues
            loc = cat.LastIndexOf(CapitalAWithRing, sc)
            Console.WriteLine(resultFmt, sc, loc)
        Next sc
    
    End Sub
End Class

'
'Note: This code example was executed on a console whose user interface 
'culture is "en-US" (English-United States).
'
'This code example produces the following results:
'
'Find the last occurrence of a character using different values of StringComparison.
'The current culture is "en-US" - English (United States).
'Search for the string "Å" in the string "A Cheshire ca°t"
'
'Part 1: Start index and count are specified.
'Comparison: CurrentCulture               Location:  -1
'Comparison: CurrentCultureIgnoreCase     Location:  12
'Comparison: InvariantCulture             Location:  -1
'Comparison: InvariantCultureIgnoreCase   Location:  12
'Comparison: Ordinal                      Location:  -1
'Comparison: OrdinalIgnoreCase            Location:  -1
'
'Part 2: Start index is specified.
'Comparison: CurrentCulture               Location:  -1
'Comparison: CurrentCultureIgnoreCase     Location:  12
'Comparison: InvariantCulture             Location:  -1
'Comparison: InvariantCultureIgnoreCase   Location:  12
'Comparison: Ordinal                      Location:  -1
'Comparison: OrdinalIgnoreCase            Location:  -1
'
'Part 3: Neither start index nor count is specified.
'Comparison: CurrentCulture               Location:  -1
'Comparison: CurrentCultureIgnoreCase     Location:  12
'Comparison: InvariantCulture             Location:  -1
'Comparison: InvariantCultureIgnoreCase   Location:  12
'Comparison: Ordinal                      Location:  -1
'Comparison: OrdinalIgnoreCase            Location:  -1
'

Remarks

Index numbering starts from zero. That is, the first character in the string is at index zero and the last is at Length - 1.

The search begins at the startIndex character position and proceeds backward until either value is found or the first character position has been examined. For example, if startIndex is Length - 1, the method searches every character from the last character in the string to the beginning.

The comparisonType parameter specifies to search for the value parameter using the current or invariant culture, using a case-sensitive or case-insensitive search, and using word or ordinal comparison rules.

Notes to Callers

Character sets include ignorable characters, which are characters that are not considered when performing a linguistic or culture-sensitive comparison. In a culture-sensitive search (that is, if comparisonType is not Ordinal or OrdinalIgnoreCase), if value contains an ignorable character, the result is equivalent to searching with that character removed.

In the following example, the LastIndexOf(String, Int32, StringComparison) method is used to find the position of a soft hyphen (U+00AD) followed by an "m", starting with the final "m" in two strings. Only one of the strings contains the required substring. If the example is run on .NET Framework 4 or later, in both cases, because the soft hyphen is an ignorable character, the method returns the index of "m" in the string when it performs a culture-sensitive comparison. Note that in the case of the first string, which includes the soft hyphen followed by an "m", the method returns the index of the "m" and not the index of the soft hyphen. The method returns the index of the soft hyphen in the first string only when it performs an ordinal comparison.

string searchString = "\u00ADm";

string s1 = "ani\u00ADmal";
string s2 = "animal";

int position;

position = s1.LastIndexOf('m');
if (position >= 0)
{
    Console.WriteLine(s1.LastIndexOf(searchString, position, StringComparison.CurrentCulture));
    Console.WriteLine(s1.LastIndexOf(searchString, position, StringComparison.Ordinal));
}

position = s2.LastIndexOf('m');
if (position >= 0)
{
    Console.WriteLine(s2.LastIndexOf(searchString, position, StringComparison.CurrentCulture));
    Console.WriteLine(s2.LastIndexOf(searchString, position, StringComparison.Ordinal));
}

// The example displays the following output:
//
// 4
// 3
// 3
// -1

    let searchString = "\u00ADm"

    let s1 = "ani\u00ADmal"
    let s2 = "animal"

    let position = s1.LastIndexOf 'm'
    if position >= 0 then
        printfn $"{s1.LastIndexOf(searchString, position, StringComparison.CurrentCulture)}"
        printfn $"{s1.LastIndexOf(searchString, position, StringComparison.Ordinal)}"

    let position = s2.LastIndexOf 'm'
    if position >= 0 then
        printfn $"{s2.LastIndexOf(searchString, position, StringComparison.CurrentCulture)}"
        printfn $"{s2.LastIndexOf(searchString, position, StringComparison.Ordinal)}"

// The example displays the following output:
//
// 4
// 3
// 3
// -1

Dim searchString As String = ChrW(&HAD) + "m"

Dim s1 As String = "ani" + ChrW(&HAD) + "mal"
Dim s2 As String = "animal"

Dim position As Integer

position = s1.LastIndexOf("m"c)
If position >= 0 Then
    Console.WriteLine(s1.LastIndexOf(searchString, position, StringComparison.CurrentCulture))
    Console.WriteLine(s1.LastIndexOf(searchString, position, StringComparison.Ordinal))
End If

position = s2.LastIndexOf("m"c)
If position >= 0 Then
    Console.WriteLine(s2.LastIndexOf(searchString, position, StringComparison.CurrentCulture))
    Console.WriteLine(s2.LastIndexOf(searchString, position, StringComparison.Ordinal))
End If

' The example displays the following output:
'
' 4
' 3
' 3
' -1

Applies to

LastIndexOf(String, Int32, Int32, StringComparison)

Source:: String.Searching.cs

Source:: String.Searching.cs

Source:: String.Searching.cs

public:
 int LastIndexOf(System::String ^ value, int startIndex, int count, StringComparison comparisonType);

public int LastIndexOf (string value, int startIndex, int count, StringComparison comparisonType);

member this.LastIndexOf : string * int * int * StringComparison -> int

Public Function LastIndexOf (value As String, startIndex As Integer, count As Integer, comparisonType As StringComparison) As Integer

Parameters

value: String

The string to seek.

startIndex: Int32

The search starting position. The search proceeds from startIndex toward the beginning of this instance.

count: Int32

The number of character positions to examine.

comparisonType: StringComparison

One of the enumeration values that specifies the rules for the search.

Returns

Int32

The zero-based starting index position of the value parameter if that string is found, or -1 if it is not found or if the current instance equals Empty.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

value is null.

ArgumentOutOfRangeException

count is negative.

-or-

The current instance does not equal Empty, and startIndex is negative.

-or-

The current instance does not equal Empty, and startIndex is greater than the length of this instance.

-or-

The current instance does not equal Empty, and startIndex + 1 - count specifies a position that is not within this instance.

-or-

The current instance equals Empty and startIndex is less than -1 or greater than zero.

-or-

The current instance equals Empty and count is greater than 1.

ArgumentException

comparisonType is not a valid StringComparison value.

Examples

// This code example demonstrates the 
// System.String.LastIndexOf(String, ..., StringComparison) methods.

using System;
using System.Threading;
using System.Globalization;

class Sample 
{
    public static void Main() 
    {
    string intro = "Find the last occurrence of a character using different " + 
                   "values of StringComparison.";
    string resultFmt = "Comparison: {0,-28} Location: {1,3}";

// Define a string to search for.
// U+00c5 = LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE
    string CapitalAWithRing = "\u00c5"; 

// Define a string to search. 
// The result of combining the characters LATIN SMALL LETTER A and COMBINING 
// RING ABOVE (U+0061, U+030a) is linguistically equivalent to the character 
// LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE (U+00e5).
    string cat = "A Cheshire c" + "\u0061\u030a" + "t";
    int loc = 0;
    StringComparison[] scValues = {
        StringComparison.CurrentCulture,
        StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase,
        StringComparison.InvariantCulture,
        StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase,
        StringComparison.Ordinal,
        StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase };

// Clear the screen and display an introduction.
    Console.Clear();
    Console.WriteLine(intro);

// Display the current culture because culture affects the result. For example, 
// try this code example with the "sv-SE" (Swedish-Sweden) culture.

    Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = new CultureInfo("en-US");
    Console.WriteLine("The current culture is \"{0}\" - {1}.", 
                       Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.Name,
                       Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.DisplayName);

// Display the string to search for and the string to search.
    Console.WriteLine("Search for the string \"{0}\" in the string \"{1}\"", 
                       CapitalAWithRing, cat);
    Console.WriteLine();

// Note that in each of the following searches, we look for 
// LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE in a string that contains 
// LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE. A result value of -1 indicates 
// the string was not found.
// Search using different values of StringComparsion. Specify the start 
// index and count. 

    Console.WriteLine("Part 1: Start index and count are specified.");
    foreach (StringComparison sc in scValues)
        {
        loc = cat.LastIndexOf(CapitalAWithRing, cat.Length-1, cat.Length, sc);
        Console.WriteLine(resultFmt, sc, loc);
        }

// Search using different values of StringComparsion. Specify the 
// start index. 
    Console.WriteLine("\nPart 2: Start index is specified.");
    foreach (StringComparison sc in scValues)
        {
        loc = cat.LastIndexOf(CapitalAWithRing, cat.Length-1, sc);
        Console.WriteLine(resultFmt, sc, loc);
        }

// Search using different values of StringComparsion. 
    Console.WriteLine("\nPart 3: Neither start index nor count is specified.");
    foreach (StringComparison sc in scValues)
        {
        loc = cat.LastIndexOf(CapitalAWithRing, sc);
        Console.WriteLine(resultFmt, sc, loc);
        }
    }
}

/*
Note: This code example was executed on a console whose user interface 
culture is "en-US" (English-United States).

This code example produces the following results:

Find the last occurrence of a character using different values of StringComparison.
The current culture is "en-US" - English (United States).
Search for the string "Å" in the string "A Cheshire ca°t"

Part 1: Start index and count are specified.
Comparison: CurrentCulture               Location:  -1
Comparison: CurrentCultureIgnoreCase     Location:  12
Comparison: InvariantCulture             Location:  -1
Comparison: InvariantCultureIgnoreCase   Location:  12
Comparison: Ordinal                      Location:  -1
Comparison: OrdinalIgnoreCase            Location:  -1

Part 2: Start index is specified.
Comparison: CurrentCulture               Location:  -1
Comparison: CurrentCultureIgnoreCase     Location:  12
Comparison: InvariantCulture             Location:  -1
Comparison: InvariantCultureIgnoreCase   Location:  12
Comparison: Ordinal                      Location:  -1
Comparison: OrdinalIgnoreCase            Location:  -1

Part 3: Neither start index nor count is specified.
Comparison: CurrentCulture               Location:  -1
Comparison: CurrentCultureIgnoreCase     Location:  12
Comparison: InvariantCulture             Location:  -1
Comparison: InvariantCultureIgnoreCase   Location:  12
Comparison: Ordinal                      Location:  -1
Comparison: OrdinalIgnoreCase            Location:  -1

*/

// This code example demonstrates the
// System.String.LastIndexOf(String, ..., StringComparison) methods.

open System
open System.Threading
open System.Globalization

let intro = "Find the last occurrence of a character using different values of StringComparison."

// Define a string to search for.
// U+00c5 = LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE
let CapitalAWithRing = "\u00c5"

// Define a string to search.
// The result of combining the characters LATIN SMALL LETTER A and COMBINING
// RING ABOVE (U+0061, U+030a) is linguistically equivalent to the character
// LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE (U+00e5).
let cat = "A Cheshire c" + "\u0061\u030a" + "t"
let loc = 0
let scValues = 
    [| StringComparison.CurrentCulture
       StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase
       StringComparison.InvariantCulture
       StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase
       StringComparison.Ordinal
       StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase  |]

// Clear the screen and display an introduction.
Console.Clear()
printfn $"{intro}"

// Display the current culture because culture affects the result. For example,
// try this code example with the "sv-SE" (Swedish-Sweden) culture.

Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture <- CultureInfo "en-US"
printfn $"The current culture is \"{Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.Name}\" - {Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.DisplayName}."

// Display the string to search for and the string to search.
printfn $"Search for the string \"{CapitalAWithRing}\" in the string \"{cat}\"\n"

// Note that in each of the following searches, we look for
// LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE in a string that contains
// LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE. A result value of -1 indicates
// the string was not found.
// Search using different values of StringComparsion. Specify the start
// index and count.

printfn "Part 1: Start index and count are specified."
for sc in scValues do
    let loc = cat.LastIndexOf(CapitalAWithRing, cat.Length-1, cat.Length, sc)
    printfn $"Comparison: {sc,-28} Location: {loc,3}"

// Search using different values of StringComparsion. Specify the
// start index.
printfn "\nPart 2: Start index is specified."
for sc in scValues do
    let loc = cat.LastIndexOf(CapitalAWithRing, cat.Length-1, sc)
    printfn $"Comparison: {sc,-28} Location: {loc,3}"

// Search using different values of StringComparsion.
printfn "\nPart 3: Neither start index nor count is specified."
for sc in scValues do
    let loc = cat.LastIndexOf(CapitalAWithRing, sc)
    printfn $"Comparison: {sc,-28} Location: {loc,3}"

(*
Note: This code example was executed on a console whose user interface
culture is "en-US" (English-United States).

This code example produces the following results:

Find the last occurrence of a character using different values of StringComparison.
The current culture is "en-US" - English (United States).
Search for the string "Å" in the string "A Cheshire ca°t"

Part 1: Start index and count are specified.
Comparison: CurrentCulture               Location:  -1
Comparison: CurrentCultureIgnoreCase     Location:  12
Comparison: InvariantCulture             Location:  -1
Comparison: InvariantCultureIgnoreCase   Location:  12
Comparison: Ordinal                      Location:  -1
Comparison: OrdinalIgnoreCase            Location:  -1

Part 2: Start index is specified.
Comparison: CurrentCulture               Location:  -1
Comparison: CurrentCultureIgnoreCase     Location:  12
Comparison: InvariantCulture             Location:  -1
Comparison: InvariantCultureIgnoreCase   Location:  12
Comparison: Ordinal                      Location:  -1
Comparison: OrdinalIgnoreCase            Location:  -1

Part 3: Neither start index nor count is specified.
Comparison: CurrentCulture               Location:  -1
Comparison: CurrentCultureIgnoreCase     Location:  12
Comparison: InvariantCulture             Location:  -1
Comparison: InvariantCultureIgnoreCase   Location:  12
Comparison: Ordinal                      Location:  -1
Comparison: OrdinalIgnoreCase            Location:  -1

*)

' This code example demonstrates the 
' System.String.LastIndexOf(String, ..., StringComparison) methods.

Imports System.Threading
Imports System.Globalization

Class Sample
    Public Shared Sub Main() 
        Dim intro As String = "Find the last occurrence of a character using different " & _
                              "values of StringComparison."
        Dim resultFmt As String = "Comparison: {0,-28} Location: {1,3}"
        
        ' Define a string to search for.
        ' U+00c5 = LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE
        Dim CapitalAWithRing As String = "Å"
        
        ' Define a string to search. 
        ' The result of combining the characters LATIN SMALL LETTER A and COMBINING 
        ' RING ABOVE (U+0061, U+030a) is linguistically equivalent to the character 
        ' LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE (U+00e5).
        Dim cat As String = "A Cheshire c" & "å" & "t"
        Dim loc As Integer = 0
        Dim scValues As StringComparison() =  { _
                        StringComparison.CurrentCulture, _
                        StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase, _
                        StringComparison.InvariantCulture, _
                        StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase, _
                        StringComparison.Ordinal, _
                        StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase }
        Dim sc As StringComparison
        
        ' Clear the screen and display an introduction.
        Console.Clear()
        Console.WriteLine(intro)
        
        ' Display the current culture because culture affects the result. For example, 
        ' try this code example with the "sv-SE" (Swedish-Sweden) culture.
        Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = New CultureInfo("en-US")
        Console.WriteLine("The current culture is ""{0}"" - {1}.", _
                           Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.Name, _
                           Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.DisplayName)
        
        ' Display the string to search for and the string to search.
        Console.WriteLine("Search for the string ""{0}"" in the string ""{1}""", _
                           CapitalAWithRing, cat)
        Console.WriteLine()
        
        ' Note that in each of the following searches, we look for 
        ' LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE in a string that contains 
        ' LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE. A result value of -1 indicates 
        ' the string was not found.
        ' Search using different values of StringComparsion. Specify the start 
        ' index and count. 
        Console.WriteLine("Part 1: Start index and count are specified.")
        For Each sc In  scValues
            loc = cat.LastIndexOf(CapitalAWithRing, cat.Length - 1, cat.Length, sc)
            Console.WriteLine(resultFmt, sc, loc)
        Next sc
        
        ' Search using different values of StringComparsion. Specify the 
        ' start index. 
        Console.WriteLine(vbCrLf & "Part 2: Start index is specified.")
        For Each sc In  scValues
            loc = cat.LastIndexOf(CapitalAWithRing, cat.Length - 1, sc)
            Console.WriteLine(resultFmt, sc, loc)
        Next sc
        
        ' Search using different values of StringComparsion. 
        Console.WriteLine(vbCrLf & "Part 3: Neither start index nor count is specified.")
        For Each sc In  scValues
            loc = cat.LastIndexOf(CapitalAWithRing, sc)
            Console.WriteLine(resultFmt, sc, loc)
        Next sc
    
    End Sub
End Class

'
'Note: This code example was executed on a console whose user interface 
'culture is "en-US" (English-United States).
'
'This code example produces the following results:
'
'Find the last occurrence of a character using different values of StringComparison.
'The current culture is "en-US" - English (United States).
'Search for the string "Å" in the string "A Cheshire ca°t"
'
'Part 1: Start index and count are specified.
'Comparison: CurrentCulture               Location:  -1
'Comparison: CurrentCultureIgnoreCase     Location:  12
'Comparison: InvariantCulture             Location:  -1
'Comparison: InvariantCultureIgnoreCase   Location:  12
'Comparison: Ordinal                      Location:  -1
'Comparison: OrdinalIgnoreCase            Location:  -1
'
'Part 2: Start index is specified.
'Comparison: CurrentCulture               Location:  -1
'Comparison: CurrentCultureIgnoreCase     Location:  12
'Comparison: InvariantCulture             Location:  -1
'Comparison: InvariantCultureIgnoreCase   Location:  12
'Comparison: Ordinal                      Location:  -1
'Comparison: OrdinalIgnoreCase            Location:  -1
'
'Part 3: Neither start index nor count is specified.
'Comparison: CurrentCulture               Location:  -1
'Comparison: CurrentCultureIgnoreCase     Location:  12
'Comparison: InvariantCulture             Location:  -1
'Comparison: InvariantCultureIgnoreCase   Location:  12
'Comparison: Ordinal                      Location:  -1
'Comparison: OrdinalIgnoreCase            Location:  -1
'

Remarks

Index numbering starts from zero. That is, the first character in the string is at index zero and the last is at Length - 1.

The search begins at the startIndex character position and proceeds backward until either value is found or count character positions have been examined. For example, if startIndex is Length - 1, the method searches backward count characters from the last character in the string.

The comparisonType parameter specifies to search for the value parameter using:

The current or invariant culture.
A case-sensitive or case-insensitive search.
Word or ordinal comparison rules.

Notes to Callers

Character sets include ignorable characters, which are characters that are not considered when performing a linguistic or culture-sensitive comparison. In a culture-sensitive search (that is, if comparisonType is not Ordinal or OrdinalIgnoreCase), if value contains an ignorable character, the result is equivalent to searching with that character removed.

In the following example, the LastIndexOf(String, Int32, Int32, StringComparison) method is used to find the position of a soft hyphen (U+00AD) followed by an "m" in all but the first character position before the final "m" in two strings. Only one of the strings contains the required substring. If the example is run on .NET Framework 4 or later, in both cases, because the soft hyphen is an ignorable character, the method returns the index of "m" in the string when it performs a culture-sensitive comparison. When it performs an ordinal comparison, however, it finds the substring only in the first string. Note that in the case of the first string, which includes the soft hyphen followed by an "m", the method returns the index of the "m" when it performs a culture-sensitive comparison. The method returns the index of the soft hyphen in the first string only when it performs an ordinal comparison.

string searchString = "\u00ADm";

string s1 = "ani\u00ADmal";
string s2 = "animal";

int position;

position = s1.LastIndexOf('m');
if (position >= 1)
{
    Console.WriteLine(s1.LastIndexOf(searchString, position, position, StringComparison.CurrentCulture));
    Console.WriteLine(s1.LastIndexOf(searchString, position, position, StringComparison.Ordinal));
}

position = s2.LastIndexOf('m');
if (position >= 1)
{
    Console.WriteLine(s2.LastIndexOf(searchString, position, position, StringComparison.CurrentCulture));
    Console.WriteLine(s2.LastIndexOf(searchString, position, position, StringComparison.Ordinal));
}

// The example displays the following output:
//
// 4
// 3
// 3
// -1

let searchString = "\u00ADm"

let s1 = "ani\u00ADmal"
let s2 = "animal"

let position = s1.LastIndexOf 'm'
if position >= 1 then
    printfn $"{s1.LastIndexOf(searchString, position, position, StringComparison.CurrentCulture)}"
    printfn $"{s1.LastIndexOf(searchString, position, position, StringComparison.Ordinal)}"

let position = s2.LastIndexOf 'm'
if position >= 1 then
    printfn $"{s2.LastIndexOf(searchString, position, position, StringComparison.CurrentCulture)}"
    printfn $"{s2.LastIndexOf(searchString, position, position, StringComparison.Ordinal)}"

// The example displays the following output:
//
// 4
// 3
// 3
// -1

Dim searchString As String = ChrW(&HAD) + "m"

Dim s1 As String = "ani" + ChrW(&HAD) + "m"
Dim s2 As String = "animal"

Dim position As Integer

position = s1.LastIndexOf("m"c)
If position >= 1 Then
    Console.WriteLine(s1.LastIndexOf(searchString, position, position, StringComparison.CurrentCulture))
    Console.WriteLine(s1.LastIndexOf(searchString, position, position, StringComparison.Ordinal))
End If

position = s2.LastIndexOf("m"c)
If position >= 1 Then
    Console.WriteLine(s2.LastIndexOf(searchString, position, position, StringComparison.CurrentCulture))
    Console.WriteLine(s2.LastIndexOf(searchString, position, position, StringComparison.Ordinal))
End If

' The example displays the following output:
'
' 4
' 3
' 3
' -1

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