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title: strings.lastIndex() function
description: >
`strings.lastIndex()` returns the index of the last instance of a substring in a string.
If the substring is not present, the function returns -1.
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`strings.lastIndex()` returns the index of the last instance of a substring in a string.
If the substring is not present, the function returns -1.
##### Function type signature
```js
(substr: string, v: string) => int
```
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For more information, see [Function type signatures](/flux/v0/function-type-signatures/).
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## Parameters
### v
({{< req >}})
String value to search.
### substr
({{< req >}})
Substring to search for.
## Examples
### Find the index of the last occurrence of a substring
```js
import "sampledata"
import "strings"
sampledata.string()
|> map(fn: (r) => ({r with _value: strings.lastIndex(v: r._value, substr: "g")}))
```
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#### Input data
| _time | *tag | _value |
| -------------------- | ---- | ----------- |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z | t1 | smpl_g9qczs |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:10Z | t1 | smpl_0mgv9n |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:20Z | t1 | smpl_phw664 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:30Z | t1 | smpl_guvzy4 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:40Z | t1 | smpl_5v3cce |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:50Z | t1 | smpl_s9fmgy |
| _time | *tag | _value |
| -------------------- | ---- | ----------- |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z | t2 | smpl_b5eida |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:10Z | t2 | smpl_eu4oxp |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:20Z | t2 | smpl_5g7tz4 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:30Z | t2 | smpl_sox1ut |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:40Z | t2 | smpl_wfm757 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:50Z | t2 | smpl_dtn2bv |
#### Output data
| _time | _value | *tag |
| -------------------- | ------- | ---- |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z | 5 | t1 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:10Z | 7 | t1 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:20Z | -1 | t1 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:30Z | 5 | t1 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:40Z | -1 | t1 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:50Z | 9 | t1 |
| _time | _value | *tag |
| -------------------- | ------- | ---- |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z | -1 | t2 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:10Z | -1 | t2 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:20Z | 6 | t2 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:30Z | -1 | t2 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:40Z | -1 | t2 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:50Z | -1 | t2 |
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