Power Automate Functions - lastIndexOf Function

lastIndexOf Function

What is the LastIndexOf function?

the last index of function is used to find the index or position of those characters that are coming more than once.

Description:

In this guide, we will discuss how to use the float function in power automation. Let us create a new flow. To create a new flow follow the following instructions:

Go to power Apps:

Navigate to Flows:

Click on the ‘New Flow’ button:

After clicking new flow, select ‘Instant Cloud flow’ from the dropdown:

Finally set its name and select ‘manually’ as flow trigger point:

In the below screenshot we set the Name of flow and its trigger point which is ‘Manually trigger a flow. Finally, click on the create button to create a new flow. 

First, add INITIALIZE VARIABLE ACTION:

To initialize a variable select initialize variable action from the actions set. Then set its properties the same as mentioned in the screenshot.

1# INITIALIZE VARIABLE ACTION

INITIALIZE VARIABLE:

Initialize a variable having the following attributes. 

Name: set variable name

Type: set the type of variable as ‘STRING’

Value: POWEAUTOMATE

1# ADD COMPOSE ACTION 

Add a compose action to all LastIndexOF functions in it. it will find out the last location where duplicate words exist.

I pass the ‘A’ character to find its last location where it exists. As you know array starts from 0 it will return us 10.

CODE:

lastIndexOf(variables('VARIABLE NAME'), 'A')

 

OUTPUT:

It is the output of the LastIndexOf function