Is it possible to use a reverse direction for offset

[François]

@Ben

Too bad…

@ Craig

I would rather have an optimized version, I do a lot of text processing in my app.

Thanks to both of you!
François

> Le 23 mars 2023 à 14:43, Craig Newman via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> a écrit :
> 
> @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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