Function: search-backward

search-backward is an interactive function defined in search.c.

Signature

(search-backward STRING &optional BOUND NOERROR COUNT)

Documentation

Search backward from point for STRING.

This function is almost identical to search-forward, except that by default it searches backward instead of forward, and the sign of COUNT also indicates exactly the opposite searching direction. See search-forward for details.

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Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 18.

Key Bindings

Source Code

// Defined in /usr/src/emacs/src/search.c
{
  return search_command (string, bound, noerror, count, -1, false, false);
}