Extracting last n characters with lua

Question

I would like to extract the last N characters from a lua string.

How could I use this?

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DreTaX 22 jul. 17 at 14:34

2 answers

local n = 3
local mystring = "I am to lazy to google a solution or read the Lua manual"

local nLastCharacters = string.sub(mystring, -n)

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Piglet 22 jul. 17 at 14:53

mleko · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-22T14:53:11+0000

Use string.sub

with a negative index.

Example

string.sub("Hello world", -5) -- => world