C# String LastIndexOf(String)

Description

String LastIndexOf(String) reports the zero-based index position of the last occurrence of a specified string within this instance.

Syntax

String.LastIndexOf(String) has the following syntax.

public int LastIndexOf(
  string value
)

Parameters

String.LastIndexOf(String) has the following parameters.

• value - The string to seek.

Returns

String.LastIndexOf(String) method returns The zero-based starting index position of value if that string is found, or -1 if it is not. If value is String.Empty, the return value is the last index position in this instance.

Example

using System;//w  w  w .j a v  a  2 s .co  m

public class Example
{
   public static void Main()
   {
      string s1 = "ani\u00ADmal";
      string s2 = "animal";

      // Find the index of the last soft hyphen.
      Console.WriteLine(s1.LastIndexOf("\u00AD"));
   }
}

The code above generates the following result.