Definition
The rfind() method finds the last occurrence of the specified value. It returns -1 if the value is not found. This method is almost the same as the rindex() method.
Syntax
string.rfind(value, start, end)
Parameters
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| value | Required. The value to search for |
| start | Optional. Where to start the search. Default is 0 |
| end | Optional. Where to end the search. Default is to the end of the string |
Examples:
testStr = "Welcome to the Python tutorials. Python is a Python scripting language."
result = testStr.rfind("Python")
print(result)
# using the start and end parameters
testStr = "Welcome to the Python tutorials."
result = testStr.rfind("t", 3 , 9) #finds last occurrence of 't' from positions 5 to 9
print(result)