14 May String lastIndexOf(String str) method in Java

The lastIndexOf(String str) method in Java returns the index within this string of the rightmost occurrence of the specified substring.

Syntax

Let us see the syntax,

int lastIndexOf(String str)

Parameters

Let us see the parameters,

• str – string

Example

The following is an example of lastIndexOf(String str),

public class StudyopediaDemo {

   public static void main(String args[]) {
	 
      String message = new String("Studyopedia provides free learning content!");
      
      System.out.println("String: "+message);
	  
      System.out.print("SubString: ");
      System.out.println("learning");
	  
      System.out.println("Last Index of substring: "+message.lastIndexOf("learning"));
  } 
}

Output

The following is the output,