Get last 2 characters of a string?

Question

Say I have a string:

NSString *state = @"California, CA";

Can someone please tell me how to extract the last two characters from this string (@"CA" in this example).

score 156 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 14 '10 at 12:23

156

NSString *code = [state substringFromIndex: [state length] - 2];

should do it

answered Aug 14 '10 at 12:23

Ferruccio

You can also do just state.length instead of [state length] if you prefer. In the end, it's just style, though. (Also this may not be true in older iOS versions) – LarrikJ Mar 02 '12 at 19:50
1

@LarrikJ: The dot property notation is a feature of Objective-C 2.0. It generates the same code as explicitly sending an accessor message. – Ferruccio Mar 02 '12 at 20:25

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 27 '23 at 15:25

1

Just simply add this extension and use it for String types:

extension String { 
    var last2: String {
        String(self.suffix(2))
    }
}

answered Apr 27 '23 at 15:25

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 20 '17 at 06:07

0

Swift 4:

let code = (state as? NSString)?.substring(from: state.characters.count - 2)

answered Oct 20 '17 at 06:07

Naishta

3 Answers3