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# AnsiStrLastChar

Return a pointer to the last character of a string.

## Declaration

Source position: sysstrh.inc line 103

`function AnsiStrLastChar(`
`Str: PChar`
`):PChar;`

## Description

Return a pointer to the last character of the null-terminated string.

Remark: | A widestring manager must be installed in order for this function to work correctly with various character sets. If none is installed, this function is the same as @S[Length[S]].

## Errors

None.

## See also

AnsiCompareText |  | Compare 2 ansistrings, case insensitive, ignoring accents characters.
AnsiCompareStr |  | Compare 2 ansistrings, case sensitive, ignoring accents characters.

## Example

    Program Example56;

    { This program demonstrates the AnsiStrLComp function }

    Uses sysutils;

    Procedure TestIt (S1,S2 : Pchar; L : longint);

    Var R : Longint;

    begin
      R:=AnsiStrLComp(S1,S2,L);
      Write ('First ',L,' characters of "',S1,'" are ');
      If R<0 then
        write ('less than ')
      else If R=0 then
        Write ('equal to ')
      else
        Write ('larger than ');
      Writeln ('those of "',S2,'"');
    end;

    Begin
      Testit('One string','One smaller string',255);
      Testit('One string','One String',4);
      Testit('One string','1 string',0);
      Testit('One string','One string.',9);
    End.