String.LastIndexOf Example: JavaScript Syntax – JS String.LastIndexOf Example

String.LastIndexOf Example: JavaScript Syntax – JS String.LastIndexOf Example

Purpose: – Illustrates the for the .

View Other String Properties and Methods

Prerequistes:

Syntax: string.lastIndexOf(searchstring, start) – Returns the position of the last found occurrence of a specified value in a string – start is optional.

Restrictions: None

Notes:

  • You can build your own library of syntax examples by using same web site over and over and just add new files to it.

Instructions:

  1. Use Visual Web Developer 2008
  2. Create new web site;
    • Click File/New Web Site
    • Select ASP.NET Website Template
    • Select C-Sharp for Language
    • name of Web Site could be JavaScript_Syntax.
  3. Add New folder named “DataType”
    • Right-click project name in solution explorer;
    • add new folder;
    • name of folder should be: DataType
  4. Add New subfolder to “DataType” folder named “String”
    • Right-click folder named “DataType” in solution explorer;
    • add new folder;
    • name of folder should be: String
  5. Add New subfolder to “String” folder named “Methods”
    • Right-click subfolder named “String” in solution explorer;
    • add new folder;
    • name of folder should be: Methods
  6. Add HTML Page Named StringLastIndexOf to Methods subfolder
    • Right-click Methods subfolder;
    • add new item;
    • Select HTML Page
    • HTML Page name should be StringLastIndexOf
  7. Click on copy code in code below to copy code into HTML Page StringLastIndexOf.htm
  8. Right-click on HTML page StringLastIndexOf and select view in browser
  9. < !DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
     
    <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
    <head>
        <title>IdealProgrammer.com: String.LastIndexOf Method</title>
        <!-- 
        ***************************************************
        * This example is from http://idealprogrammer.com *
        ***************************************************
        -->
        <script type="text/javascript" >
            //    lastIndexOf() 	Returns the position of the last found occurrence of a specified value in a string
            //                      SYNTAX: string.lastIndexOf(searchstring, start) - start is optional
            var strlastIndexOf = "Einstein was a philosophical realist";
            document.write("strlastIndexOf.lastIndexOf(ein): " + strlastIndexOf.lastIndexOf("ein") + "<br />");
            document.write("strlastIndexOf.lastIndexOf(philo): " + strlastIndexOf.lastIndexOf("philo") + "<br />");
            document.write("strlastIndexOf.lastIndexOf(l): " + strlastIndexOf.lastIndexOf("l") + "<br />");
     
     
     
    </script>
    </head>
    <body>
     
    </body>
    </html>