basic_string::find_last_of

Searches through a string for the last character that matches any element of a specified string.

size_type find_last_of(
     value_type _Ch, 
     size_type _Off = npos
) const;

size_type find_last_of(
      const value_type* _Ptr,
       size_type _Off = npos
) const;

size_type find_last_of(
     const value_type* _Ptr, 
      size_type _Off,
       size_type _Count
) const;

size_type find_last_of(
     const basic_string<CharType, Traits, Allocator>& _Str,
      size_type _Off = npos
) const;

Parameters

• _Ch
  The character value for which the member function is to search.

• _Off
  Index of the position at which the search is to finish.

• _Ptr
  The C-string for which the member function is to search.

• _Count
  The number of characters, counting forward from the first character, in the C-string for which the member function is to search.

• _Str
  The string for which the member function is to search.

Return Value

The index of the last character of the substring searched for when successful; otherwise npos.

Example

// basic_string_find_last_of.cpp
// compile with: /EHsc
#include <string>
#include <iostream>

int main( )
{
   using namespace std;

   // The first member function
   // searches for a single character in a string
   string str1 ( "abcd-1234-abcd-1234" );
   cout << "The original string str1 is: " << str1 << endl;
   basic_string <char>::size_type indexCh1a, indexCh1b;
   static const basic_string <char>::size_type npos = -1;

   indexCh1a = str1.find_last_of ( "d" , 14 );
   if ( indexCh1a != npos )
      cout << "The index of the last 'd' found before the 14th"
           << " position in str1 is: " << indexCh1a << endl;
   else
      cout << "The character 'd' was not found in str1 ." << endl;

   indexCh1b = str1.find_first_of ( "x" );
   if ( indexCh1b != npos )
      cout << "The index of the 'x' found in str1 is: "
           << indexCh1b << endl << endl;
   else
      cout << "The character 'x' was not found in str1."
           << endl << endl;

   // The second member function searches a string
   // for a substring as specified by a C-string
   string str2 ( "ABCD-1234-ABCD-1234" );
   cout << "The original string str2 is: " << str2 << endl;
   basic_string <char>::size_type indexCh2a, indexCh2b;

   const char *cstr2 = "B1";
   indexCh2a = str2.find_last_of  ( cstr2 , 12 );
   if (indexCh2a != npos )
      cout << "The index of the last occurrence of an "
           << "element of 'B1' in str2 before\n the 12th "
           << "position is: " << indexCh2a << endl;
   else
      cout << "Elements of the substring 'B1' were not "
           << "found in str2 before the 12th position."
           << endl;

   const char *cstr2b = "D2";
   indexCh2b = str2.find_last_of  ( cstr2b );
   if ( indexCh2b != npos )
      cout << "The index of the last element of 'D2' "
           << "after\n the 0th position in str2 is: "
           << indexCh2b << endl << endl;
   else
      cout << "The substring 'D2' was not found in str2 ."
           << endl << endl << endl;

   // The third member function searches a string
   // for a substring as specified by a C-string
   string str3 ( "456-EFG-456-EFG" );
   cout << "The original string str3 is: " << str3 << endl;
   basic_string <char>::size_type indexCh3a;

   const char *cstr3a = "5E";
   indexCh3a = str3.find_last_of ( cstr3a , 8 , 8 );
   if ( indexCh3a != npos )
      cout << "The index of the last occurrence of an "
           << "element of '5E' in str3 before\n the 8th "
           << "position is: " << indexCh3a << endl << endl;
   else
      cout << "Elements of the substring '5G' were not "
           << "found in str3\n before the 8th position."
           << endl << endl;

   // The fourth member function searches a string
   // for a substring as specified by a string
   string str4 ( "12-ab-12-ab" );
   cout << "The original string str4 is: " << str4 << endl;
   basic_string <char>::size_type indexCh4a, indexCh4b;

   string str4a ( "ba3" );
   indexCh4a = str4.find_last_of  ( str4a , 8 );
   if ( indexCh4a != npos )
      cout << "The index of the last occurrence of an "
           << "element of 'ba3' in str4 before\n the 8th "
           << "position is: " << indexCh4a << endl;
   else
      cout << "Elements of the substring 'ba3' were not "
           << "found in str4\n after the 0th position."
           << endl;

   string str4b ( "a2" );
   indexCh4b = str4.find_last_of ( str4b  );
   if ( indexCh4b != npos )
      cout << "The index of the last occurrence of an "
           << "element of 'a2' in str4 before\n the 0th "
           << "position is: " << indexCh4b << endl;
   else
      cout << "Elements of the substring 'a2' were not "
           << "found in str4\n after the 0th position."
           << endl;
}

The original string str1 is: abcd-1234-abcd-1234
The index of the last 'd' found before the 14th position in str1 is: 13
The character 'x' was not found in str1.

The original string str2 is: ABCD-1234-ABCD-1234
The index of the last occurrence of an element of 'B1' in str2 before
 the 12th position is: 11
The index of the last element of 'D2' after
 the 0th position in str2 is: 16

The original string str3 is: 456-EFG-456-EFG
The index of the last occurrence of an element of '5E' in str3 before
 the 8th position is: 4

The original string str4 is: 12-ab-12-ab
The index of the last occurrence of an element of 'ba3' in str4 before
 the 8th position is: 4
The index of the last occurrence of an element of 'a2' in str4 before
 the 0th position is: 9

Requirements

Header: <string>

Namespace: std

See Also

Concepts

basic_string Class

basic_string Members