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Python String rfind() Method
Description:
This method returns the last index where the substring str is found, or .1 if no such index exists, optionally restricting the search to string[beg:end].
Syntax:
str.rfind(str, beg=0 end=len(string))
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Parameters:
Here is the detail of parameters:
str: specifies the string to be searched.
start : starting index, by default its 0
end : ending index, by default its equal to the lenght of the string.
Return Value:
It returns last index if found and -1 otherwise.
Example:
#!/usr/bin/python
str = "this is really a string example....wow!!!";
str = "is";
print str.rfind(str);
print str.rfind(str, 0, 10);
print str.rfind(str, 10, 0);
print str.find(str);
print str.find(str, 0, 10);
print str.find(str, 10, 0);
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This will produce following result:
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