Re: string search from back to front?

[meino.cramer@...]

Petite Abeille <petite.abeille@gmail.com> [13-10-29 02:28]:
> 
> On Oct 28, 2013, at 7:42 PM, meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote:
> 
> > in the PIL 2ed
> 
> Use the manual:
> 
> http://www.lua.org/manual/5.2/
> 
> > I didn't find a way to search from the end of a string
> > to the beginning. There is a way to specify an offset from the back 
> > with a negative instead of a positiv, but from that specified point
> > the search goes from 'left to right' or 'front to back'.
> 
> http://www.lua.org/manual/5.2/manual.html#pdf-string.reverse
> 
> > Is there real;y no equivalent to "RIGHTSTR()" in lua or did I overlook
> > something ?
> 
> http://www.lua.org/manual/5.2/manual.html#pdf-string.sub
> 


I am using Lua 5.1.5, thats why I am reading PIL 2ed. 

Best regards,
mcc