Is it possible to use a reverse direction for offset

[Craig Newman]

@Ben.

20 years! Congratulations!.

@Francois

This can be scripted easily. Do you need help with that?

Craig

> On Mar 23, 2023, at 8:21 AM, Ben Rubinstein via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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