RINDEX

Portability Function: Locates the index of the last occurrence of a substring within a string.

Module: USE IFPORT

Syntax

result = RINDEX (string, substr)

string
(Input) Character*(*). Original string to search.

substr
(Input) Character*(*). String to search for.

Results

The result type is INTEGER(4). The result is the starting position of the final occurrence of substrg in string. The result is zero if substring does not occur in string.

Compatibility

CONSOLE STANDARD GRAPHICS QUICKWIN GRAPHICS WINDOWS DLL LIB

See Also

INDEX

Example

 USE IFPORT
 character*80 mainstring
 character*4 shortstr
 integer(4) where
 mainstring="Hello Hello Hello Hello There There There"
 shortstr="Hello"
 where=rindex(mainstring,shortstr)
 ! where is 19