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Left Of Last Match Fast Function
String Searches Class

Public Function LeftOfLastMatchFast( _
      ByRef vIn As String _
    , ByRef vPat As String _
    , ByRef vCompare As VbCompareMethod _
    , ByRef vIfNotFound As String _
    ) As String

Return the portion of vLine before the last occurrence of vFind, else return vIfNotFound.
Faster version of the LeftOfLastMatch function which uses restrictive argument types to avoid argument fix-up code.
If a match is found, it does not include the matching text in the string that is returned.

Examples: 
    LeftOfLastMatchFast("This is a test.", "is", vbTextCompare, "") = "This "
    LeftOfLastMatchFast("This is a test.", "sample", vbTextCompare, "Not found.") = "Not found."
See also: 
    LeftOfLastMatch function
vLine: The string which is to be searched for the appearance of string vFind.
vFind: The string which is to be searched for within string vLine. Function returns vLine if vFind is an empty string.
vCompare: Specifies the type of comparison used to determine if strings match.
vIfNotFound: The string which is to be returned if vFind does not appear within vLine.

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