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last(limit = 1) public

Returns the last character of the string or the last limit characters.

Examples:

"hello".last     # => "o"
"hello".last(2)  # => "lo"
"hello".last(10) # => "hello"

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# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/access.rb, line 57
    def last(limit = 1)
      if limit == 0
        ''
      elsif limit >= size
        self
      else
        mb_chars[(-limit)..-1].to_s
      end
    end

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