substringAfterLast

substringAfterLast(String, String): String

Gets the substring after the last occurrence of a separator. The separator is not returned.

Introduced in DataWeave 2.2.0. Supported by Mule 4.2 and later.

Parameters

Name Description

Name	Description
`text`	The input string.
`separator`	String to search for.

text

The input string.

separator

String to search for.

Example

This example shows how substringAfterLast behaves with different inputs and sizes.

Source

%dw 2.0
import * from dw::core::Strings
output application/json
---
{
  "a": substringAfterLast(null, "'"),
  "b": substringAfterLast("", "-"),
  "c": substringAfterLast("abc", "b"),
  "d": substringAfterLast("abcba", "b"),
  "e": substringAfterLast("abc", "d"),
  "f": substringAfterLast("abc", "")
}

Output

{
 "a": null,
 "b": "",
 "c": "c",
 "d": "a",
 "e": "",
 "f": null
}

substringAfterLast(Null, String): Null

Helper function that enables substringAfterLast to work with a null value.