Extract only right most n letters from a string

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How can I extract a substring which is composed of the rightmost six letters from another string?

Ex: my string is "PER 343573". Now I want to extract only "343573".

How can I do this?

22 Answers
var str = "PER 343573";
var right6 = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(str) ? string.Empty 
             : str.Length < 6 ? str 
             : str.Substring(str.Length - 6); // "343573"
// alternative
var alt_right6 = new string(str.Reverse().Take(6).Reverse().ToArray()); // "343573"

this supports any number of character in the str. the alternative code not support null string. and, the first is faster and the second is more compact.

i prefer the second one if knowing the str containing short string. if it's long string the first one is more suitable.

e.g.

var str = "";
var right6 = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(str) ? string.Empty 
             : str.Length < 6 ? str 
             : str.Substring(str.Length - 6); // ""
// alternative
var alt_right6 = new string(str.Reverse().Take(6).Reverse().ToArray()); // ""

or

var str = "123";
var right6 = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(str) ? string.Empty 
             : str.Length < 6 ? str 
             : str.Substring(str.Length - 6); // "123"
// alternative
var alt_right6 = new string(str.Reverse().Take(6).Reverse().ToArray()); // "123"

Another solution that may not be mentioned

S.Substring(S.Length < 6 ? 0 : S.Length - 6)

Null Safe Methods :

Strings shorter than the max length returning the original string

String Right Extension Method

public static string Right(this string input, int count) =>
    String.Join("", (input + "").ToCharArray().Reverse().Take(count).Reverse());

String Left Extension Method

public static string Left(this string input, int count) =>
    String.Join("", (input + "").ToCharArray().Take(count));

Just a thought:

public static string Right(this string @this, int length) {
    return @this.Substring(Math.Max(@this.Length - length, 0));
}
            //Last word of string :: -> sentence 
            var str  ="A random sentence";
            var lword = str.Substring(str.LastIndexOf(' ') + 1);

            //Last 6 chars of string :: -> ntence
            var n = 6;
            var right = str.Length >n ? str.Substring(str.Length - n) : "";
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