find pattern in string in reverse order

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search character in string from right-hand end
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Find position within string of specified pattern from the right-hand end (EOS). Use for eg file directory string manipulation.

Syntax: INSTRREV (string, pattern, [right_match_count])

Returns: - matching position if found
- 0 otherwise

Cite As

Tseviet Tchen (2026). find pattern in string in reverse order (https://uk.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/14013-find-pattern-in-string-in-reverse-order), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

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Created with R2006b
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