• *grouping_word Function
• *grouping_word_inside Function
• a5_csweb_to_list Function
• a5_extractoddata Function
• a5_get_pos_linestart Function
• a5_modeless_textencoder Function
• expandtablefiletypes Function
• EXTRACT_STRING Function
• getstringfromfile Function
• LASTWORD Function
• LEADING Function
• LEFT Function
• left_u Function
• rat_u Function
• regex_literal_extract Function
• regex_literal_mask_get Function
• right_u Function
• SUBSTR Function
• substr_u Function
• TRAILING Function
• WORD2 Function
• WORD_IN_COMMON Function
• WORD_IN_COMMON_C Function
• WORD_UNIQUE Function
• WORD_UNIQUE_C Function

LASTWORD Function

Syntax

Arguments

lastword

The last word of the string. Character

string

A string with multiple words or entries separated by a delimiter.

separator

Optional. Default = " ". The delimiter that separates the words or entries. Character

Description

returns the last "word" in a string

Discussion

The LASTWORD() function returns the last word or entry in a string.

Example

dim s1 as C
dim s2 as C
s1 = "one two three four"
s2 = "one" + crlf() + "two" + crlf()  + "three" + crlf() + "four"
? lastword(s1, " ")
= "four"
? lastword(s2, crlf() )
= "four"

See Also

• Character Extraction Functions