Is it possible to use a reverse direction for offset

Ben Rubinstein benr_mc at cogapp.com
Thu Mar 23 08:21:21 EDT 2023


https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=584 (20th anniversary this 
September!)

Also
https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=8353



On 23/03/2023 11:35, François via use-livecode wrote:
> I would like to search for a string within another string, starting at a given position, but backward.
> 
> In some languages, you can achieve that by providing a negative number for the initial position of the search.
> 
> Is this possible in LiveCode?
> 
> TIA
> François
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