List(Of T).LastIndexOf Method (T, Int32, Int32)

The List(Of T) is searched backward starting at index and ending at index minus count plus 1, if count is greater than 0.

This method determines equality using the default equality comparer EqualityComparer(Of T).Default for T, the type of values in the list.

This method performs a linear search; therefore, this method is an O(n) operation, where n is count.

The following code example demonstrates all three overloads of the LastIndexOf method. A List(Of T) of strings is created, with one entry that appears twice, at index location 0 and index location 5. The LastIndexOf(T) method overload searches the entire list from the end, and finds the second occurrence of the string. The LastIndexOf(T, Int32) method overload is used to search the list backward beginning with index location 3 and continuing to the beginning of the list, so it finds the first occurrence of the string in the list. Finally, the LastIndexOf(T, Int32, Int32) method overload is used to search a range of 4 entries, beginning at index location 4 and extending backward (that is, it searches the items at locations 4, 3, 2, and 1); this search returns –1 because there are no instances of the search string in that range.

Imports System
Imports System.Collections.Generic

Public Class Example

    Public Shared Sub Main()

        Dim dinosaurs As New List(Of String)

        dinosaurs.Add("Tyrannosaurus")
        dinosaurs.Add("Amargasaurus")
        dinosaurs.Add("Mamenchisaurus")
        dinosaurs.Add("Brachiosaurus")
        dinosaurs.Add("Deinonychus")
        dinosaurs.Add("Tyrannosaurus")
        dinosaurs.Add("Compsognathus")

        Console.WriteLine()
        For Each dinosaur As String In dinosaurs
            Console.WriteLine(dinosaur)
        Next

        Console.WriteLine(vbLf & _
            "LastIndexOf(""Tyrannosaurus""): {0}", _
            dinosaurs.LastIndexOf("Tyrannosaurus"))

        Console.WriteLine(vbLf & _
            "LastIndexOf(""Tyrannosaurus"", 3): {0}", _
            dinosaurs.LastIndexOf("Tyrannosaurus", 3))

        Console.WriteLine(vbLf & _
            "LastIndexOf(""Tyrannosaurus"", 4, 4): {0}", _
            dinosaurs.LastIndexOf("Tyrannosaurus", 4, 4))

    End Sub
End Class

' This code example produces the following output:
'
'Tyrannosaurus
'Amargasaurus
'Mamenchisaurus
'Brachiosaurus
'Deinonychus
'Tyrannosaurus
'Compsognathus
'
'LastIndexOf("Tyrannosaurus"): 5
'
'LastIndexOf("Tyrannosaurus", 3): 0
'
'LastIndexOf("Tyrannosaurus", 4, 4): -1

.NET Framework

.NET Framework Client Profile

Portable Class Library

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

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