Getting last character from a string

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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>

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[mailto:list-bounce@example.com] On Behalf Of draco draco
Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2006 16:08
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Subject: Getting last character from a string

Hello
I'm new to Ruby. I've a simple question.
Is there a more readable way to get last character from
string than this one? :

x = "text"
last_char = x[x.length-1, x.length-1]

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