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Java String lastIndexOf() Method

Java String lastIndexOf() Method

Java lastIndexOf() method in Java String is used to returns the position of the last occurrence of specified character in a string.

Syntax

There are 4 lastIndexOf() methods:

public int lastIndexOf(String str)
public int lastIndexOf(String str, int fromIndex)
public int lastIndexOf(int char)
public int lastIndexOf(int char, int fromIndex)

Parameters

str - This parameter is used to represents A String value in the string to search for

fromIndex - This parameter is used to represents An int value of the index position to start the search from.

char - This parameter is used to represents An int value of a single character, e.g 'A', or a Unicode value

Technical Details

Returns - This parameter is used to represents An int value the index of the first occurrence of the character in the string, or -1 if it never occurs

Java String lastIndexOf() Method Example 1


public class LastIndexOfexample1 
{
  public static void main(String[] args) 
  {
    String myStrln1 = "Education makes a door to bright future, Education is must to all";
    System.out.println(myStrln1.lastIndexOf("Education"));
  }
}

Output:
41

Java String lastIndexOf() Method Example 2


public class LastIndexOfexample2 
{  
    public static void main(String[] args) 
	{           
        String Name = "Welcome to the Phptpoint";  
        int index = Name.lastIndexOf("the", 25);  
        System.out.println(index);  
        index = Name.lastIndexOf("the", 10);  
        System.out.println(index);       
    }  
}  

Output:
11
-1

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