time-to-botec/squiggle/node_modules/@stdlib/string/remove-last

removeLast

Remove the last character(s) of a string.

Usage

var removeLast = require( '@stdlib/string/remove-last' );

removeLast( str[, n] )

Removes the last character of a string.

var out = removeLast( 'last man standing' );
// returns 'last man standin'

out = removeLast( 'Hidden Treasures' );
// returns 'Hidden Treasure'

If provided a second argument, the function removes the last n characters.

var out = removeLast( 'foo bar', 4 );
// returns 'foo'

out = removeLast( 'foo bar', 0 );
// returns 'foo bar'

Examples

var removeLast = require( '@stdlib/string/remove-last' );

var str = removeLast( 'last man standing' );
// returns 'last man standin'

str = removeLast( 'presidential election' );
// returns 'presidential electio'

str = removeLast( 'javaScript' );
// returns 'javaScrip'

str = removeLast( 'Hidden Treasures' );
// returns 'Hidden Treasure'

str = removeLast( 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet', 4 );
// returns 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit '

str = removeLast( '🐮🐷🐸🐵', 2 );
// returns '🐮🐷'

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CLI

Usage

Usage: remove-last [options] [<string>]

Options:

  -h,    --help                Print this message.
  -V,    --version             Print the package version.
         --n                   Number of characters to remove. Default: 1.
         --split sep           Delimiter for stdin data. Default: '/\\r?\\n/'.

Notes

• If the split separator is a regular expression, ensure that the split option is either properly escaped or enclosed in quotes.

  # Not escaped...
  $ echo -n $'beep\nboop' | remove-last --split /\r?\n/
  
  # Escaped...
  $ echo -n $'beep\nboop' | remove-last --split /\\r?\\n/
  

• The implementation ignores trailing delimiters.

Examples

$ remove-last beep
bee

To use as a standard stream,

$ echo -n 'beep\nboop' | remove-last --n 2
be
bo

By default, when used as a standard stream, the implementation assumes newline-delimited data. To specify an alternative delimiter, set the split option.

$ echo -n 'beep\tboop' | remove-last --split '\t'
bee
boo

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See Also

• @stdlib/string/remove-first: remove the first character of a string.