# Re: Getting last character from a string

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-getting-last-character-from-a-string/66070>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [February 12, 2006, 6:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-getting-last-character-from-a-string/66070 "2006-02-12T06:28:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gennady\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@Gennady\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Gennady_B)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 6:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-getting-last-character-from-a-string/66070/1 "2006-02-12T06:28:05Z")

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x[-1].chr

[tiger-ppc.gfbm:246]bystr\> irb  
irb(main):001:0\> s = “abc”  
=\> “abc”  
irb(main):002:0\> s[-1]  
=\> 99  
irb(main):003:0\> s[-1].chr  
=\> “c”

irb(main):004:0\>