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Find last occurrence of a character in a string?

‎02-08-2021 08:07 AM

Hello

 

Can you tell me please how to find the last occurence of the character 'A' in a string?

 

Thanks!

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PhilipTreacy
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‎02-11-2021 01:24 AM

@Anonymous 

Do you specifically want to find A or is this to find any character you choose?

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‎02-11-2021 01:05 AM

Hi @Anonymous ,

 

What kind of results do you want to return? If you want the position you may take a look at this topic.

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Matching-the-last-occurrence-of-string-pattern-with-DAX/td-p/1303874 

 

Best Regards,

Jay

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‎02-08-2021 08:34 AM

@Anonymous do you want the position of the last occurrence of "A" in a string? what is the ask?



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