[SOLVED] How to extact the last character from a variable

[mike45]

Hello

I have a variable and i want to extract the last character in a variable. How can this be done using sed (or any other way)?

Thanks,
mike

[adrianx]

Hello

I have a variable and i want to extract the last character in a variable. How can this be done using sed (or any other way)?

Thanks,
mike

You could try e.g.:

${YOURVAR:(-1)}

[mike45]

thx - that did it.