JS: String.prototype.lastIndexOf

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str.lastIndexOf(search_str)
  • Return the start index of first occurrence of search_str, searching from right to left.
  • Return -1 if not found.
console.log("abcabc".lastIndexOf("b") === 4);
// example of not found, returns -1
console.log("abcabc".lastIndexOf("xy") === -1);
str.lastIndexOf(str, start_search_pos)

Start search at start_search_pos.

// start at index 1 (including index 1)
console.log("abcabc".lastIndexOf("b", 1) === 1);

// more than 1 char
console.log("abcabc".lastIndexOf("bc", 2) === 1);

// even if the substring pass start index, it's still considered found
console.log("abcabc".lastIndexOf("bca", 1) === 1);