Just to add on what Sean said, you could change those functions with a LEFT function.
WITH CTE(String) AS(
SELECT 'Some test string')
SELECT REVERSE(STUFF(REVERSE(String), 1, 3, '')) FROM CTE
UNION ALL
SELECT LEFT(String, LEN(String) - 3 ) FROM CTE
Luis C.
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