Get last character of a string from a variable

Question

I am having issues with a problem accomplished very easily in most languages but I can\'t seem to figure it out in batch. I want to extract the last character of a string.

Answer 1

Batch does not use C style logic, so you really have to think differently for much of it.

That said, String -right appears to be what you want: http://www.dostips.com/DtTipsStringManipulation.php#Snippets.RightString

%str:~-1%

That will get you the last character.