String.LastIndexOf Method (String, StringComparison)
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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.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Parameters
- value
- Type: System.String
The string to seek.
- comparisonType
- Type: System.StringComparison
One of the enumeration values that specifies the rules for the search.
Return Value
Type: System.Int32The zero-based index position of the value parameter if that string is found, or -1 if it is not. If value is Empty, the return value is the last index position in this instance.
| Exception | Condition |
|---|---|
| ArgumentNullException | value is null. |
| ArgumentException | comparisonType is not a valid System.StringComparison value. |
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, using a case-sensitive or case-insensitive search, and using 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.
The following code 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 Example { public static void Demo(System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock outputBlock) { 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 }; // Display an introduction. outputBlock.Text += intro + "\n"; // 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"); outputBlock.Text += String.Format("The current culture is \"{0}\" - {1}.", Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.Name, Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.DisplayName) + "\n"; // Display the string to search for and the string to search. outputBlock.Text += String.Format("Search for the string \"{0}\" in the string \"{1}\"", CapitalAWithRing, cat) + "\n"; outputBlock.Text += "\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. outputBlock.Text += "Part 1: Start index and count are specified." + "\n"; foreach (StringComparison sc in scValues) { loc = cat.LastIndexOf(CapitalAWithRing, cat.Length - 1, cat.Length, sc); outputBlock.Text += String.Format(resultFmt, sc, loc) + "\n"; } // Search using different values of StringComparsion. Specify the // start index. outputBlock.Text += "\nPart 2: Start index is specified." + "\n"; foreach (StringComparison sc in scValues) { loc = cat.LastIndexOf(CapitalAWithRing, cat.Length - 1, sc); outputBlock.Text += String.Format(resultFmt, sc, loc) + "\n"; } // Search using different values of StringComparsion. outputBlock.Text += "\nPart 3: Neither start index nor count is specified." + "\n"; foreach (StringComparison sc in scValues) { loc = cat.LastIndexOf(CapitalAWithRing, sc); outputBlock.Text += String.Format(resultFmt, sc, loc) + "\n"; } } } /* 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 */