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sweetleaf

sweetleaf

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Jan 16, 2001
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Hi

How do I find the last occurence of a charachter or symbol in a given string:

ie. how would i find the position of the second "\" in the following string?
"C:\stuff\pk_promo8_feb12_afternoon.txt"

Thanks,
Mark
 
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Mark:

Try the function InStrRev.

s = "C:\stuff\pk_promo8_feb12_afternoon.txt"

position = InStrRev(s,"\")

msgbox position

Parke
 
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And from the other side: ;-)

test = "C:\stuff\pk_promo8_feb12_afternoon.txt"
nFirst = InStr(test, "\")
if nFirst<>0 then nSecond = InStr(nFirst+1, test, &quot;\&quot;)
if nSecond<> 0 then Response.Write nSecond

br
Gerard
 
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