poking around near the end of a string

[Paul Dupuis]

if NMOSE ends with "$W" then

OR

if char -2 to -1 of MNOSE is "$W" then



On 5/10/2017 10:18 AM, Richmond via use-livecode wrote:
> 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.
>
>
> Richmond.
>
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