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Java - get last character from string
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In this article, we would like to show you how to get the last character from a string in Java.
Quick solution:
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String text = "1234";2
String lastCharacter = text.substring(text.length() - 1);3
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System.out.println(lastCharacter); // 4
The below example shows how to use substring() method to get the last character from the text string.
StringUtils.java file:
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public class StringUtils {2
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public static String getLastCharacters(String text, int charactersCount) {4
int length = text.length();5
int offset = Math.max(0, length - charactersCount);6
return text.substring(offset);7
}8
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public static void main(String[] args) {10
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System.out.println( getLastCharacters( "1234", 1) ); // 412
System.out.println( getLastCharacters( "123", 1) ); // 313
System.out.println( getLastCharacters( "12", 1) ); // 214
System.out.println( getLastCharacters( "1", 1) ); // 115
System.out.println( getLastCharacters( "", 1) ); //16
}17
}Output:
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42
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1