Remove Last Two Characters in a String
IosSwiftStringSwift3Ios Problem Overview
Is there a quick way to remove the last two characters in a String in Swift? I see there is a simple way to remove the last character as clearly noted here. Do you know how to remove the last two characters? Thanks!
Ios Solutions
Solution 1 - Ios
update: Xcode 9 • Swift 4 or later
String now conforms to RangeReplaceableCollection so you can use collection method dropLast straight in the String and therefore an extension it is not necessary anymore. The only difference is that it returns a Substring. If you need a String you need to initialize a new one from it:
let string = "0123456789"
let substring1 = string.dropLast(2) // "01234567"
let substring2 = substring1.dropLast() // "0123456"
let result = String(substring2.dropLast()) // "012345"
We can also extend LosslessStringConvertible
to add trailing syntax which I think improves readability:
extension LosslessStringConvertible {
var string: String { .init(self) }
}
Usage:
let result = substring.dropLast().string
Solution 2 - Ios
var name: String = "Dolphin"
let endIndex = name.index(name.endIndex, offsetBy: -2)
let truncated = name.substring(to: endIndex)
print(name) // "Dolphin"
print(truncated) // "Dolph"
Solution 3 - Ios
swift 4:
let str = "Hello, playground"
let newSTR1 = str.dropLast(3)
print(newSTR1)
output: "Hello, playgro"
//---------------//
let str = "Hello, playground"
let newSTR2 = str.dropFirst(2)
print(newSTR2)
output: "llo, playground"
Solution 4 - Ios
Use removeSubrange(Range<String.Index>)
just like:
var str = "Hello, playground"
str.removeSubrange(Range(uncheckedBounds: (lower: str.index(str.endIndex, offsetBy: -2), upper: str.endIndex)))
This will crash if the string is less than 2 characters long. Is that a requirement for you?
Solution 5 - Ios
Better to use removeLast()
var myString = "Hello world"
myString.removeLast(2)
output : "Hello wor"