InstrRev syntax

pgriffin · Post by **pgriffin** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 2:27 am

I'm struggling with this one.

MyPos = InstrRev(SearchString, SearchChar, -1, 1)

is the syntax I find on a VBScript forum.....can't get the settings just right for MacroScript....

Any help?

Me_again · Post by **Me_again** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 2:47 am

What are you trying to do? Why not use Pos> ? If you want the position counted from the end of the string then you can subtract the result of Pos> from the result of Len>

pgriffin · Post by **pgriffin** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 2:15 pm

I am trying to find the last occurrence a specific character within a string.

InstRev is built for that. I know I could do all sorts of string manipulations to get the result, but I like to use the most efficient method whenever possible.

Post by **Marcus Tettmar** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 2:39 pm

VBSTART
VBEND
VBEval>InStrRev("hello world","r"),lastRPos

pgriffin · Post by **pgriffin** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 3:05 pm

I had exactly that syntax in a "work" area of my program....problem was I was not stepping through the VBStart VBEnd lines, therefore my InstrRev wouldn't work.....duh!

always something simple I miss.

thanks, Marcus.

(maybe give a warning if VBE or VBR is used without VBStart, VBEnd?)...

Me_again · Post by **Me_again** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 3:42 pm

SkunkWorks wrote:I am trying to find the last occurrence a specific character within a string.

Helps to know