Is it possible to use a reverse direction for offset

[Craig Newman]

Francois.

Who wouldn’t?

But unless you are working with VERY large datasets, I bet a handler would process quickly.

Craig

> On Mar 23, 2023, at 10:58 AM, François via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> @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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