Get last n characters of string

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Write a function that takes a string as argument. Extract the last 3 characters from the string. Return the result

How to solve it

For this task, I recommend using again the slice method.

With the slice method, you can extract a part of a string without modifying the original string. You call it with two parameters (startIndex and endIndex). startIndex defines the index of the first character in the string that you want to extract. endIndex defines the first character that you do not want to extract.

console.log('wxyz'.slice(1,3)); 
 // output: 'xy'

You can omit the endIndex parameter. Then, slice will simply return all characters beginning at startIndex.

console.log('wxyz'.slice(1)); 
 // output: 'xyz'

It is important to know, that you can call slice with a negative startIndex. In this case, startIndex is not an index but identifies the starting position by counting backwards from the end of the string.

 // get last two characters of string: 
 console.log('wxyz'.slice(-2); 
 // output: 'xy'

This is all you need to solve this task.