Finding last instance of string

How can I find the last instance of a string? I was thinking of writing a
loop that goes through the string, but that requires writing a few lines of
code. I was also thinking of inverting the string (in this case, charindex
would work since). But I'm not sure how to invert the string w/o writing too
much code.
Any help is appreciated. Thanks.> But I'm not sure how to invert the string w/o writing too
> much code.
Check the REVERSE T-SQL function.
Dejan Sarka|||DECLARE @.s VARCHAR(32);
SET @.s = 'aoodfsdf';
SELECT LastInstanceOfA = CASE CHARINDEX('a', @.s)
WHEN 0 THEN 0
ELSE LEN(@.s) + 1 - CHARINDEX('a', REVERSE(@.s))
END;
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> How can I find the last instance of a string? I was thinking of writing a
> loop that goes through the string, but that requires writing a few lines
> of
> code. I was also thinking of inverting the string (in this case, charindex
> would work since). But I'm not sure how to invert the string w/o writing
> too
> much code.
> Any help is appreciated. Thanks.