Remove last character from C++ string

For a non-mutating version:

st = myString.substr(0, myString.size()-1);

if (str.size () > 0)  str.resize (str.size () - 1);

An std::erase alternative is good, but I like the "- 1" (whether based on a size or end-iterator) - to me, it helps expresses the intent.

BTW - Is there really no std::string::pop_back ? - seems strange.

buf.erase(buf.size() - 1);

This assumes you know that the string is not empty. If so, you'll get an out_of_range exception.

int main () {

  string str1="123";
  string str2 = str1.substr (0,str1.length()-1);

  cout<<str2; // output: 12

  return 0;
}

#include<iostream>
using namespace std;
int main(){
  string s = "Hello";// Here string length is 5 initially
  s[s.length()-1] = '\0'; //  marking the last char to be null character
  s = &s[0]; // using ampersand infront of the string with index will render a string from the index until null character discovered
  cout<<"the new length of the string "<<s + " is " <<s.length();
  return 0;
}