ee.String.rindex

  • rindex() searches a string for the last occurrence of a specified substring and returns the starting index of the match.

  • If the substring is not found, rindex() returns -1.

  • The function operates on an input string (target) and takes the substring to search for (pattern) as an argument.

  • It returns the index (an integer) of the last occurrence of the pattern within the target string.

 Searches a string for the last occurrence of a substring. Returns the index of the first match, or -1.

UsageReturns
String.rindex(pattern)Integer
ArgumentTypeDetails
this: targetStringThe string to search.
patternStringThe string to find.

Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

print(ee.String('aBc-Abc').rindex('A'));  // 4
print(ee.String('aBc-Abc').rindex('a'));  // 0
print(ee.String('aBc-Abc').rindex('Bc'));  // 1
print(ee.String('aBc-Abc').rindex('Z')); // -1
print(ee.String('aBc-Abc').rindex('-'));  // 3
print(ee.String('aBc-Abc').rindex(''));  // 7

Python setup

See the Python Environment page for information on the Python API and using geemap for interactive development.

import ee
import geemap.core as geemap

Colab (Python)

print(ee.String('aBc-Abc').rindex('A').getInfo())  # 4
print(ee.String('aBc-Abc').rindex('a').getInfo())  # 0
print(ee.String('aBc-Abc').rindex('Bc').getInfo())  # 1
print(ee.String('aBc-Abc').rindex('Z').getInfo())  # -1
print(ee.String('aBc-Abc').rindex('-').getInfo())  # 3
print(ee.String('aBc-Abc').rindex('').getInfo())  # 7