Here we will see how to remove last character from string. As a developer you may come across situation, where you would like to remove last character from string. We will see both C#.net and VB.net example. Trick is very simple. we will use Asp.net demo project with C# to remove last character.

Code:

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
  {
    string inputString = "This is input string.";
    // Let's remove last . character from input string.
    int length = inputString.Length;
    string outputString = inputString.Remove(length - 1, 1);
    
    Response.Write(outputString);
    
  }

VB.net example remove last character from string.

Protected Sub Page_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
	Dim inputString As String = "This is input string."
	' Let's remove last . character from input string.
	Dim length As Integer = inputString.Length
	Dim outputString As String = inputString.Remove(length - 1, 1)

	Response.Write(outputString)

End Sub

Remove last 2 characters from string.

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
  {
    string inputString = "This is input string.";
    // Let's remove last 2 characters from input string.
    int length = inputString.Length;
    string outputString = inputString.Remove(length - 2, 2);
    
    Response.Write(outputString);
    
  }

Let’s see C# console application which removes last and first comma character from given string. Here we will use Trim function.

void Main()
{
    string inputText = "This is string ending with comma character,";
    
    string result = inputText.Trim(",".ToCharArray());
    
    Console.WriteLine(result);
    
}

VB.net program to remove last and first characters from given string using Trim function.

Private Sub Main()
	Dim inputText As String = "This is string ending with comma character,"

	Dim result As String = inputText.Trim(",".ToCharArray())

	Console.WriteLine(result)

End Sub