Method: String#last

Defined in:
lib/active_support/core_ext/string/access.rb

#last(limit = 1) ⇒ Object

Returns the last character of the string. If a limit is supplied, returns a substring from the end of the string until it reaches the limit value (counting backwards). If the given limit is greater than or equal to the string length, returns self.

str = "hello"
str.last    # => "o"
str.last(1) # => "o"
str.last(2) # => "lo"
str.last(0) # => ""
str.last(6) # => "hello"



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# File 'lib/active_support/core_ext/string/access.rb', line 95

def last(limit = 1)
  if limit == 0
    ''
  elsif limit >= size
    self
  else
    from(-limit)
  end
end