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Return the starting position of the _last_ occurrence of the specified `substring` within this string, if such a sequence can be found in this string (on or _before_ the optionally specified `position` if such a `position` is specified) using `CHAR_TRAITS::eq` to compare characters, and return `npos` otherwise.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslstl_string.h>`

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----
xref:bsl/basic_string-0faf/size_type.adoc[size_type]
rfind(
    xref:bsl/basic_string-0faf.adoc[basic_string] const& substring,
    xref:bsl/basic_string-0faf/size_type.adoc[size_type] position = npos) const noexcept;
----


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