I want to search a string for patterns but starting the search from the _end_ instead of from the beginning, using a regular expression.
For instance I want to find the last 'E' in the string ...looong string possibly with many E's.......E.....no capital e' here...3456 The regular expression E$ will match an 'E' but only if it is at the very end. That's not the (only) match I want - also the E in '...E123' should match. One obvious solution is to reverse the string and use normal methods to find the first 'E', but there must be smarter ways, as this appears to be a relatively common problem to solve. Isn't it? Any hints are welcome. Thanks from henning
