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Paul Benedict commented on LANG-566:
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Anything you can do to the front of the string, you can also do to the end of
the string. I like the negative aspects of this (pun intended), but it doesn't
guard against mathematical mistakes.
> Replace lastIndexOf methods with -ve index support?
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> Key: LANG-566
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LANG-566
> Project: Commons Lang
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: lang.*
> Reporter: Henri Yandell
> Fix For: 3.0
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> Random idea from a conversation with Paul.
> What if StringUtils.indexOf supported -ve indices instead of forcing
> developers to deal with lastIndexOf?
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