# substringAfterLast > Return the part of a string after the last occurrence of a specified substring.
## Usage ```javascript var substringAfterLast = require( '@stdlib/string/substring-after-last' ); ``` #### substringAfterLast( str, search\[, fromIndex] ) Returns the part of a string after the last occurrence of a specified substring. ```javascript var str = 'beep boop'; var out = substringAfterLast( str, 'b' ); // returns 'oop' out = substringAfterLast( str, 'o' ); // returns 'p' ``` By default, the search starts at the end of the string and proceeds backwards to the beginning. To start the search at a specified index, specify an integer for the `fromIndex` argument. ```javascript var str = 'beep boop'; var out = substringAfterLast( str, 'b', 3 ); // returns 'eep boop' ```
## Notes - If a substring is not present in a provided string, the function returns an empty string. - If provided an empty substring, the function returns an empty string.
## Examples ```javascript var substringAfterLast = require( '@stdlib/string/substring-after-last' ); var str = 'To be, or not to be, that is the question.'; var out = substringAfterLast( str, ', ' ); // returns 'that is the question.' out = substringAfterLast( str, 'to be' ); // returns ', that is the question.' out = substringAfterLast( str, 'question.' ); // returns '' out = substringAfterLast( str, 'xyz' ); // returns '' out = substringAfterLast( str, '' ); // returns '' ```
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## CLI
### Usage ```text Usage: substring-after-last [options] --search= [] Options: -h, --help Print this message. -V, --version Print the package version. --search string Search string. --from-index int Index at which to start the search. --split sep Delimiter for stdin data. Default: '/\\r?\\n/'. ```
### Notes - If the split separator is a [regular expression][mdn-regexp], ensure that the `split` option is either properly escaped or enclosed in quotes. ```bash # Not escaped... $ echo -n $'foo\nbar\nbaz' | substring-after-last --search a --split /\r?\n/ # Escaped... $ echo -n $'foo\nbar\nbaz' | substring-after-last --search a --split /\\r?\\n/ ``` - The implementation ignores trailing delimiters.
### Examples ```bash $ substring-after-last abcdefg --search d efg ``` To use as a [standard stream][standard-streams], ```bash $ echo -n $'bar\nbaz' | substring-after-last --search b ar az ``` By default, when used as a [standard stream][standard-streams], the implementation assumes newline-delimited data. To specify an alternative delimiter, set the `split` option. ```bash $ echo -n 'bar\tbaz' | substring-after-last --search b --split '\t' ar az ```