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--!The Automatic Cross-platform Build Tool
-- 
-- XMake is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-- it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
-- the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
-- (at your option) any later version.
-- 
-- XMake is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-- GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
-- 
-- You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
-- along with XMake; 
-- If not, see <a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/"> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/</a>
-- 
-- Copyright (C) 2009 - 2015, ruki All rights reserved.
--
-- @author      ruki
-- @file        string.lua
--

-- define module: string
local string = string or {}

-- find the last substring with the given pattern
function string.find_last(self, pattern, plain)
    -- find the last substring
    local curr = 0
    repeat
        local next = self:find(pattern, curr + 1, plain)
        if next then
            curr = next
        end
    until (not next)

    -- found?
    if curr > 0 then
        return curr
    end
end

-- return module: string
return string