RAT()

Searches for a substring from the right side of a string.

Syntax

RAT(<cSearch>,<cString>) --> nPos

Arguments

<cSearch> Substring to search for

<cString> Main string

Returns

RAT() return the location of beginnig position.

Description

This function searches througt <cString> for the first existence of <cSearch>.The search operation is performed from the right side of <cString> to the left. If the function is unable to find any occurence of <cSearch> in <cString>,the value of the function will be 0.

      QOUT( "rat( 'cde', 'abcdefgfedcba' ) = '" +;
      rat( 'cde', 'abcsefgfedcba' ) + "'" )

Status

Ready

Compliance

Will not work with a search string > 64 KB on some platforms

Platforms

All

Files

Library is rtl

See Also

• AT()
• SUBSTR()
• RIGHT()