lastIndexOf slash??

[Uli]

Hello,

Im trying to use the lastIndexOf function to discover where the last "\" is located in my string... It seems to have a pb with the \ symbol..
I tried mystring.lastIndexOf('"\"') and every other possibleway, it always returns -1

Any ideas?

[senocular]

use "\\" since it is used in combination with escape characers (like \n and \t), it, itself, has to be escaped

[Uli]

Ok i've found a way...
heh = String.fromCharCode(92);
lastslashpos = myvar.lastIndexOf(heh);
That seems to work with the ascii code..

Thanks for your reply tho

[amitgeorge]

senocular's ver is simpler ?

lastslashpos = myvar.lastIndexOf("\\");