The InStrRev function returns the position where a string is found within another string. Searches are made here from right to left.
Syntax | ||||
InStrRev([Start, ] SearchIn, SearchFor [, Comp] ) | ||||
Return value | ||||
Type |
Description | |||
Long |
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Parameter | ||||
Use |
Name |
Type |
Passing |
Description |
Optional |
Start |
Long |
ByVal |
Starting position of the search |
Required |
SearchIn |
String |
ByVal |
The string to be searched in |
Required |
SearchFor |
String |
ByVal |
The string to be searched for |
Optional |
Comp |
Long |
ByVal |
Comparison mode: default 0 |
Possible return values | |
0 |
- SearchIn has length 0 - SearchFor has length 0 - Start > length of SearchIn - SearchFor is not part of SearchIn |
> 0 |
The position of SearchFor in SearchIn |
The Start parameter sets the start position of the search. If Start is not specified, the search starts automatically at the first character of the specified string. Please note that you must use the Start parameter if you use the Comp parameter! The search in the string is done from right to left.
SearchIn specifies the string to search, where SearchFor is the string to search for.
Use the Comp parameter to specify the type of comparison:
Comp |
Description |
0 |
Binary compare |
1 |
Text based compare (Upper- and lower case are ignored) |