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STR_FIND_REVERSE

Script Function: Searches for a character or a string within a string. The search begins at the end of the string being searched.

Syntax

STR_FIND_REV[ERSE](String1, String2)

Syntax	Description/Format
String 1, String 2	Alphanumeric string Format: script literal or script variable

Return code
Position where the character or string was found "0" - The character or string was not found

Comments

This script function searches for String 2 within String 1. As opposed to the script function STR_FIND, String 1 is search through from the end to the beginning.

String2 can consist one or several characters. The search is not case-sensitive. Upper and lower-case lettering is not taken into account.

This script function returns the first position on which String 2 was found as a value. The position is then counted from the beginning of String1.

Example

In the example, the search for "#" within the string "AE#01, AE#02" returns the value 10. It is then output to the activation protocol.

:SET &STRING#="AE#01, AE#02"
:SET &SEARCH#="#"
:SET &POS#=STR_FIND_REVERSE(&STRING#,&SEARCH#)
:PRINT &POS#

In the following example, a string is searched. It is found at position 8.

:SET &POS#=STR_FIND_REV("AE#01, AE#02","AE")
:PRINT &POS#