全局的dropLast()函数作用于序列，因此也作用于字符串:

var expression  = "45+22"
expression = dropLast(expression)  // "45+2"

// in Swift 2.0 (according to cromanelli's comment below)
expression = String(expression.characters.dropLast())

let str = "abc"
let substr = str.substringToIndex(str.endIndex.predecessor())  // "ab"

Swift 3:当你想删除尾随字符串:

func replaceSuffix(_ suffix: String, replacement: String) -> String {
    if hasSuffix(suffix) {
        let sufsize = suffix.count < count ? -suffix.count : 0
        let toIndex = index(endIndex, offsetBy: sufsize)
        return substring(to: toIndex) + replacement
    }
    else
    {
        return self
    }
}

我更喜欢下面的实现，因为我不必担心，即使字符串是空的

let str = "abc"
str.popLast()

// Prints ab

str = ""
str.popLast() // It returns the Character? which is an optional

// Print <emptystring>

简单回答(2015-04-16有效):removeAtIndex(mystring . endindex .前任())

例子:

var howToBeHappy = "Practice compassion, attention and gratitude. And smile!!"
howToBeHappy.removeAtIndex(howToBeHappy.endIndex.predecessor())
println(howToBeHappy)
// "Practice compassion, attention and gratitude. And smile!"

元:

语言继续着它的快速进化，使得许多以前很好的sos答案的半衰期变得危险地短暂。学习语言并参考真正的文档总是最好的。

另一种方法如果你想从末尾删除一个或多个字符。

var myStr = "Hello World!"
myStr = (myStr as NSString).substringToIndex((myStr as NSString).length-XX)

其中XX是要删除的字符数。