How to remove the last character of a string in C

In this tutorial, we are going to learn about how to remove the last character of a string in C.

Consider, we have the following string.

char name[6] = "lahari";

Now, we want to remove the last character i from the above string.

Removing the last character

To remove the last character of a string in C, first we need to find the last character index by using the [strlen(str)-1] and set its value to /0.

In C language, /0 indicates the string ending.

Here is an example:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

int main() {
  char name[6] = "lahari";
  name[strlen(name)-1] = '\0'; // removing the last character i
  printf("%s\n",name);
}

Output:

"lahar"