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Method

String.LastField(separator As String) As String

New in 2019r3.1

Supported for all project types and targets.

Returns the last field from a string of data. The first field is numbered 1. If you need to parse binary data, use a MemoryBlock instead.

Syntax

result=stringVariable.LastField(separator)

Part	Type	Description
result	String	The field value desired.
stringVariable	String	The string that contains the desired field, with the field separated by the Separator string.
separator	String	The string that delimits the fields of data.

Notes

The LastField function returns the last field value from the source based upon the separator passed.

The separator may be a string of any length.

If separator does not exist in the string then the entire string is returned.

Examples

This example returns "Male"

Var s, field As String
s = "Dan*Smith*11/22/69*5125554323*Male"
field = s.LastField("*")
MessageBox(field)

This example demonstrates the use of a multiple character separator.

Var days As String = "Monday--Tuesday--Wednesday--Thursday--Friday--Saturday--Sunday"
Var theDay As String = days.LastField("--") // sets theDay to "Sunday"

See Also

String.CountFields, String.NthField, Split functions.