poking around near the end of a string

[Richmond]

Thanks.

Richmond.

On 10.05.2017 17:31, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote:
> Hi Richmond,
>
>> Am 10.05.2017 um 16:18 schrieb Richmond via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>:
>>
>> Suppose I have a string a bit like this:
>>
>> "and then the gigantic monster bit my mother on the nose $W"
>> and I want to check that that string ends with "$W" . . .
>> I tried this (pseudo code):
>> *if the ((last char) & (last char -1)) of MNOSE = "$W"*
>> and it did not work.
> this does work:
> ...
> if MNOSE ends with "$W" then
> ...
> if char -2 to -1 of MNOSE = "$W" then
> ...
>
>> Richmond.
> Best
>
> Klaus
>
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>
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