>>>I need to get the location of the nth occurence of a string within another string (from the string end). This is simple in VFP - use RAT(). Is there a VB equivalent?
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>>Isn't there a Instr() function? See also Mid().
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>Close, but no cigar. InStr() (specifically InStrRev(), in my case) returns only the 1st occurrence - although you can specify where you want it to start - but that still means walking the string backwards.
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>Mid() is the equivalent of SubStr().

I haven't found a way to start at nth occurence. I checked my code and I am using a loop for that by manipulating the string in a temp string. Maybe someone knows a better way.