Question : How do you TRIM n characters from a string from the right.

I should trim last name of a employee to 18 characters even though if I get a 30 character last name from the database.
What is the best way to do that ? any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Answer : How do you TRIM n characters from a string from the right.

That's actually among the best ways to do it. You can remove the PadRight from the Substring.PadRight because you're already guaranteed 18 length.