diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 83d4cc904..ce2f2dafd 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ endif
 
 ###### Build
 
-$(SRCDIR)/analyzerinfo.o: lib/analyzerinfo.cpp lib/cxx11emu.h lib/analyzerinfo.h lib/config.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/suppressions.h lib/importproject.h lib/platform.h lib/path.h
+$(SRCDIR)/analyzerinfo.o: lib/analyzerinfo.cpp lib/cxx11emu.h lib/analyzerinfo.h lib/config.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/suppressions.h lib/importproject.h lib/platform.h lib/path.h lib/utils.h
 	$(CXX) ${INCLUDE_FOR_LIB} $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFG) $(CXXFLAGS) $(UNDEF_STRICT_ANSI) -c -o $(SRCDIR)/analyzerinfo.o $(SRCDIR)/analyzerinfo.cpp
 
 $(SRCDIR)/astutils.o: lib/astutils.cpp lib/cxx11emu.h lib/astutils.h lib/settings.h lib/config.h lib/library.h lib/mathlib.h lib/standards.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/suppressions.h lib/platform.h lib/importproject.h lib/timer.h lib/symboldatabase.h lib/token.h lib/valueflow.h lib/tokenize.h lib/tokenlist.h
@@ -390,19 +390,19 @@ $(SRCDIR)/cppcheck.o: lib/cppcheck.cpp lib/cxx11emu.h lib/cppcheck.h lib/config.
 $(SRCDIR)/errorlogger.o: lib/errorlogger.cpp lib/cxx11emu.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/config.h lib/suppressions.h lib/path.h lib/cppcheck.h lib/settings.h lib/library.h lib/mathlib.h lib/standards.h lib/platform.h lib/importproject.h lib/timer.h lib/check.h lib/token.h lib/valueflow.h lib/tokenize.h lib/tokenlist.h lib/analyzerinfo.h lib/utils.h
 	$(CXX) ${INCLUDE_FOR_LIB} $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFG) $(CXXFLAGS) $(UNDEF_STRICT_ANSI) -c -o $(SRCDIR)/errorlogger.o $(SRCDIR)/errorlogger.cpp
 
-$(SRCDIR)/importproject.o: lib/importproject.cpp lib/cxx11emu.h lib/importproject.h lib/config.h lib/platform.h lib/path.h lib/settings.h lib/library.h lib/mathlib.h lib/standards.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/suppressions.h lib/timer.h lib/tokenize.h lib/tokenlist.h lib/token.h lib/valueflow.h
+$(SRCDIR)/importproject.o: lib/importproject.cpp lib/cxx11emu.h lib/importproject.h lib/config.h lib/platform.h lib/path.h lib/settings.h lib/library.h lib/mathlib.h lib/standards.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/suppressions.h lib/timer.h lib/tokenize.h lib/tokenlist.h lib/token.h lib/valueflow.h lib/utils.h
 	$(CXX) ${INCLUDE_FOR_LIB} $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFG) $(CXXFLAGS) $(UNDEF_STRICT_ANSI) -c -o $(SRCDIR)/importproject.o $(SRCDIR)/importproject.cpp
 
-$(SRCDIR)/library.o: lib/library.cpp lib/cxx11emu.h lib/library.h lib/config.h lib/mathlib.h lib/standards.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/suppressions.h lib/path.h lib/tokenlist.h lib/token.h lib/valueflow.h lib/symboldatabase.h lib/astutils.h
+$(SRCDIR)/library.o: lib/library.cpp lib/cxx11emu.h lib/library.h lib/config.h lib/mathlib.h lib/standards.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/suppressions.h lib/path.h lib/tokenlist.h lib/token.h lib/valueflow.h lib/symboldatabase.h lib/astutils.h lib/utils.h
 	$(CXX) ${INCLUDE_FOR_LIB} $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFG) $(CXXFLAGS) $(UNDEF_STRICT_ANSI) -c -o $(SRCDIR)/library.o $(SRCDIR)/library.cpp
 
-$(SRCDIR)/mathlib.o: lib/mathlib.cpp lib/cxx11emu.h lib/mathlib.h lib/config.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/suppressions.h
+$(SRCDIR)/mathlib.o: lib/mathlib.cpp lib/cxx11emu.h lib/mathlib.h lib/config.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/suppressions.h lib/utils.h
 	$(CXX) ${INCLUDE_FOR_LIB} $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFG) $(CXXFLAGS) $(UNDEF_STRICT_ANSI) -c -o $(SRCDIR)/mathlib.o $(SRCDIR)/mathlib.cpp
 
-$(SRCDIR)/path.o: lib/path.cpp lib/cxx11emu.h lib/path.h lib/config.h
+$(SRCDIR)/path.o: lib/path.cpp lib/cxx11emu.h lib/path.h lib/config.h lib/utils.h
 	$(CXX) ${INCLUDE_FOR_LIB} $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFG) $(CXXFLAGS) $(UNDEF_STRICT_ANSI) -c -o $(SRCDIR)/path.o $(SRCDIR)/path.cpp
 
-$(SRCDIR)/pathmatch.o: lib/pathmatch.cpp lib/cxx11emu.h lib/pathmatch.h lib/config.h lib/path.h
+$(SRCDIR)/pathmatch.o: lib/pathmatch.cpp lib/cxx11emu.h lib/pathmatch.h lib/config.h lib/path.h lib/utils.h
 	$(CXX) ${INCLUDE_FOR_LIB} $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFG) $(CXXFLAGS) $(UNDEF_STRICT_ANSI) -c -o $(SRCDIR)/pathmatch.o $(SRCDIR)/pathmatch.cpp
 
 $(SRCDIR)/platform.o: lib/platform.cpp lib/cxx11emu.h lib/platform.h lib/config.h
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ $(SRCDIR)/token.o: lib/token.cpp lib/cxx11emu.h lib/token.h lib/config.h lib/val
 $(SRCDIR)/tokenize.o: lib/tokenize.cpp lib/cxx11emu.h lib/tokenize.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/config.h lib/suppressions.h lib/tokenlist.h lib/mathlib.h lib/settings.h lib/library.h lib/standards.h lib/platform.h lib/importproject.h lib/timer.h lib/check.h lib/token.h lib/valueflow.h lib/path.h lib/symboldatabase.h lib/templatesimplifier.h lib/utils.h
 	$(CXX) ${INCLUDE_FOR_LIB} $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFG) $(CXXFLAGS) $(UNDEF_STRICT_ANSI) -c -o $(SRCDIR)/tokenize.o $(SRCDIR)/tokenize.cpp
 
-$(SRCDIR)/tokenlist.o: lib/tokenlist.cpp lib/cxx11emu.h lib/tokenlist.h lib/config.h lib/token.h lib/valueflow.h lib/mathlib.h lib/path.h lib/preprocessor.h lib/settings.h lib/library.h lib/standards.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/suppressions.h lib/platform.h lib/importproject.h lib/timer.h
+$(SRCDIR)/tokenlist.o: lib/tokenlist.cpp lib/cxx11emu.h lib/tokenlist.h lib/config.h lib/token.h lib/valueflow.h lib/mathlib.h lib/path.h lib/preprocessor.h lib/settings.h lib/library.h lib/standards.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/suppressions.h lib/platform.h lib/importproject.h lib/timer.h lib/utils.h
 	$(CXX) ${INCLUDE_FOR_LIB} $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFG) $(CXXFLAGS) $(UNDEF_STRICT_ANSI) -c -o $(SRCDIR)/tokenlist.o $(SRCDIR)/tokenlist.cpp
 
 $(SRCDIR)/valueflow.o: lib/valueflow.cpp lib/cxx11emu.h lib/valueflow.h lib/config.h lib/astutils.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/suppressions.h lib/mathlib.h lib/settings.h lib/library.h lib/standards.h lib/platform.h lib/importproject.h lib/timer.h lib/symboldatabase.h lib/token.h lib/tokenlist.h
diff --git a/lib/analyzerinfo.cpp b/lib/analyzerinfo.cpp
index 8644d2b77..464aec545 100644
--- a/lib/analyzerinfo.cpp
+++ b/lib/analyzerinfo.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 #include "analyzerinfo.h"
 #include "path.h"
+#include "utils.h"
 #include <tinyxml2.h>
 #include <sstream>
 
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ std::string AnalyzerInformation::getAnalyzerInfoFile(const std::string &buildDir
     }
 
     std::string filename = Path::fromNativeSeparators(buildDir);
-    if (filename.back() != '/')
+    if (!endsWith(filename, '/'))
         filename += '/';
     const std::string::size_type pos = sourcefile.rfind('/');
     if (pos == std::string::npos)
diff --git a/lib/checkclass.cpp b/lib/checkclass.cpp
index bfc987d43..8e6b04d53 100644
--- a/lib/checkclass.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkclass.cpp
@@ -1734,7 +1734,7 @@ void CheckClass::checkConst()
                     continue;
             } else if (func->isOperator() && Token::Match(previous, ";|{|}|public:|private:|protected:")) { // Operator without return type: conversion operator
                 const std::string& opName = func->tokenDef->str();
-                if (opName.compare(8, 5, "const") != 0 && (opName.back() == '&' || opName.back() == '*'))
+                if (opName.compare(8, 5, "const") != 0 && (endsWith(opName,'&') || endsWith(opName,'*')))
                     continue;
             } else {
                 // don't warn for unknown types..
diff --git a/lib/errorlogger.cpp b/lib/errorlogger.cpp
index 3af4a009f..d1f1c9676 100644
--- a/lib/errorlogger.cpp
+++ b/lib/errorlogger.cpp
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ void ErrorLogger::ErrorMessage::setmsg(const std::string &msg)
     // as an empty message to the user if --verbose is used.
     // Even this doesn't cause problems with messages that have multiple
     // lines, none of the the error messages should end into it.
-    assert(!(msg.back() =='\n'));
+    assert(!endsWith(msg,'\n'));
 
     // The summary and verbose message are separated by a newline
     // If there is no newline then both the summary and verbose messages
diff --git a/lib/importproject.cpp b/lib/importproject.cpp
index 04ddecda0..1507b20ce 100644
--- a/lib/importproject.cpp
+++ b/lib/importproject.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "tokenize.h"
 #include "token.h"
 #include "tinyxml2.h"
+#include "utils.h"
 #include <fstream>
 
 void ImportProject::ignorePaths(const std::vector<std::string> &ipaths)
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ void ImportProject::FileSettings::setDefines(std::string defs)
     }
     while (defs.find(";;") != std::string::npos)
         defs.erase(defs.find(";;"),1);
-    if (!defs.empty() && defs.back() == ';')
+    if (!defs.empty() && endsWith(defs,';'))
         defs.erase(defs.size() - 1U); // TODO: Use std::string::pop_back() as soon as travis supports it
     bool eq = false;
     for (std::size_t pos = 0; pos < defs.size(); ++pos) {
@@ -123,13 +124,13 @@ void ImportProject::FileSettings::setIncludePaths(const std::string &basepath, c
             continue;
         std::string s(Path::fromNativeSeparators(*it));
         if (s[0] == '/' || (s.size() > 1U && s.compare(1,2,":/") == 0)) {
-            if (s.back() != '/')
+            if (!endsWith(s,'/'))
                 s += '/';
             I.push_back(s);
             continue;
         }
 
-        if (s.back() == '/') // this is a temporary hack, simplifyPath can crash if path ends with '/'
+        if (endsWith(s,'/')) // this is a temporary hack, simplifyPath can crash if path ends with '/'
             s.erase(s.size() - 1U); // TODO: Use std::string::pop_back() as soon as travis supports it
 
         if (s.find("$(")==std::string::npos) {
@@ -154,7 +155,7 @@ void ImportProject::import(const std::string &filename)
         importCompileCommands(fin);
     } else if (filename.find(".sln") != std::string::npos) {
         std::string path(Path::getPathFromFilename(Path::fromNativeSeparators(filename)));
-        if (!path.empty() && path.back() != '/')
+        if (!path.empty() && !endsWith(path,'/'))
             path += '/';
         importSln(fin,path);
     } else if (filename.find(".vcxproj") != std::string::npos) {
diff --git a/lib/library.cpp b/lib/library.cpp
index 17dcf0c73..48abdd6b0 100644
--- a/lib/library.cpp
+++ b/lib/library.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "token.h"
 #include "symboldatabase.h"
 #include "astutils.h"
+#include "utils.h"
 
 #include <string>
 
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ Library::Error Library::load(const char exename[], const char path[])
         while (error == tinyxml2::XML_ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND && !cfgfolders.empty()) {
             const std::string cfgfolder(cfgfolders.front());
             cfgfolders.pop_front();
-            const char *sep = (!cfgfolder.empty() && cfgfolder.back()=='/' ? "" : "/");
+            const char *sep = (!cfgfolder.empty() && endsWith(cfgfolder,'/') ? "" : "/");
             const std::string filename(cfgfolder + sep + fullfilename);
             error = doc.LoadFile(filename.c_str());
             if (error != tinyxml2::XML_ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND)
diff --git a/lib/mathlib.cpp b/lib/mathlib.cpp
index d502dd08d..fb75a2f5a 100644
--- a/lib/mathlib.cpp
+++ b/lib/mathlib.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 #include "mathlib.h"
 #include "errorlogger.h"
+#include "utils.h"
 
 #include <algorithm> // VS2013: std::min and std::max
 #include <cmath>
@@ -524,7 +525,7 @@ MathLib::bigint MathLib::toLongNumber(const std::string & str)
             return static_cast<bigint>(doubleval);
     }
 
-    if (str[0] == '\'' && str.size() >= 3U && str.back() == '\'') {
+    if (str[0] == '\'' && str.size() >= 3U && endsWith(str,'\'')) {
         return characterLiteralToLongNumber(str.substr(1,str.size()-2));
     }
 
@@ -537,7 +538,7 @@ MathLib::bigint MathLib::toLongNumber(const std::string & str)
 
 double MathLib::toDoubleNumber(const std::string &str)
 {
-    if (str[0] == '\'' && str.size() >= 3U && str.back() == '\'')
+    if (str[0] == '\'' && str.size() >= 3U && endsWith(str,'\''))
         return characterLiteralToLongNumber(str.substr(1,str.size()-2));
     if (isIntHex(str))
         return static_cast<double>(toLongNumber(str));
diff --git a/lib/path.cpp b/lib/path.cpp
index 94152be74..d299182e9 100644
--- a/lib/path.cpp
+++ b/lib/path.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #undef __STRICT_ANSI__
 #endif
 #include "path.h"
+#include "utils.h"
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <vector>
 #include <sstream>
@@ -227,7 +228,7 @@ std::string Path::getRelativePath(const std::string& absolutePath, const std::ve
         if (absolutePath == *i || i->empty()) // Seems to be a file, or path is empty
             continue;
 
-        bool endsWithSep = i->back() == '/';
+        bool endsWithSep = endsWith(*i,'/');
         if (absolutePath.compare(0, i->length(), *i) == 0 && absolutePath[i->length() - (endsWithSep?1:0)] == '/') {
             std::string rest = absolutePath.substr(i->length() + (endsWithSep?0:1));
             return rest;
diff --git a/lib/pathmatch.cpp b/lib/pathmatch.cpp
index d4f6b5bcf..e876e39b2 100644
--- a/lib/pathmatch.cpp
+++ b/lib/pathmatch.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 #include "pathmatch.h"
 #include "path.h"
+#include "utils.h"
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <ctype.h>
 
@@ -43,8 +44,8 @@ bool PathMatch::Match(const std::string &path) const
             std::transform(findpath.begin(), findpath.end(), findpath.begin(), ::tolower);
 
         // Filtering directory name
-        if (excludedPath.back() == '/') {
-            if (findpath.back() != '/')
+        if (endsWith(excludedPath,'/')) {
+            if (!endsWith(findpath,'/'))
                 findpath = RemoveFilename(findpath);
 
             if (excludedPath.length() > findpath.length())
diff --git a/lib/token.cpp b/lib/token.cpp
index af18a5509..694d64e7e 100644
--- a/lib/token.cpp
+++ b/lib/token.cpp
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ void Token::update_property_info()
                 _tokType = eName;
         } else if (std::isdigit((unsigned char)_str[0]) || (_str.length() > 1 && _str[0] == '-' && std::isdigit((unsigned char)_str[1])))
             _tokType = eNumber;
-        else if (_str.length() > 1 && _str[0] == '"' && _str.back() == '"')
+        else if (_str.length() > 1 && _str[0] == '"' && endsWith(_str,'"'))
             _tokType = eString;
-        else if (_str.length() > 1 && _str[0] == '\'' && _str.back() == '\'')
+        else if (_str.length() > 1 && _str[0] == '\'' && endsWith(_str,'\''))
             _tokType = eChar;
         else if (_str == "=" || _str == "<<=" || _str == ">>=" ||
                  (_str.size() == 2U && _str[1] == '=' && std::strchr("+-*/%&^|", _str[0])))
diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index 71cc788c6..939de80ca 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -1855,7 +1855,7 @@ void Tokenizer::combineOperators()
                 }
                 if (prev->isName() && prev->isUpperCaseName())
                     continue;
-                if (prev->isName() && prev->str().back() == ':')
+                if (prev->isName() && endsWith(prev->str(), ':'))
                     simplify = true;
                 break;
             }
@@ -2648,7 +2648,7 @@ void Tokenizer::setVarIdPass1()
              (tok->str() == "(" && isFunctionHead(tok,"{")) ||
              (tok->str() == "(" && !scopeStack.top().isExecutable && isFunctionHead(tok,";:")) ||
              (tok->str() == "," && !scopeStack.top().isExecutable) ||
-             (tok->isName() && tok->str().back() == ':'))) {
+             (tok->isName() && endsWith(tok->str(), ':')))) {
 
             // No variable declarations in sizeof
             if (Token::simpleMatch(tok->previous(), "sizeof (")) {
@@ -2662,7 +2662,7 @@ void Tokenizer::setVarIdPass1()
             const Token *tok2 = (tok->isName()) ? tok : tok->next();
 
             // private: protected: public: etc
-            while (tok2 && tok2->str().back() == ':') {
+            while (tok2 && endsWith(tok2->str(), ':')) {
                 tok2 = tok2->next();
             }
             if (!tok2)
diff --git a/lib/tokenlist.cpp b/lib/tokenlist.cpp
index 1c0799d8f..d3ff6aba1 100644
--- a/lib/tokenlist.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenlist.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "preprocessor.h"
 #include "settings.h"
 #include "errorlogger.h"
+#include "utils.h"
 
 #include <cstring>
 #include <sstream>
@@ -301,8 +302,8 @@ bool TokenList::createTokens(std::istream &code, const std::string& file0)
         } else if (std::strchr("+-", ch) &&
                    CurrentToken.length() > 0 &&
                    std::isdigit((unsigned char)CurrentToken[0]) &&
-                   (CurrentToken.back() == 'e' ||
-                    CurrentToken.back() == 'E') &&
+                   (endsWith(CurrentToken,'e') ||
+                    endsWith(CurrentToken,'E')) &&
                    !MathLib::isIntHex(CurrentToken)) {
             // Don't separate doubles "4.2e+10"
         } else if (CurrentToken.empty() && ch == '.' && std::isdigit((unsigned char)code.peek())) {
diff --git a/lib/utils.h b/lib/utils.h
index 2023274a0..fce9d8275 100644
--- a/lib/utils.h
+++ b/lib/utils.h
@@ -55,4 +55,8 @@ private:
     Cont data_;
 };
 
+inline bool endsWith(const std::string &str, char c) {
+    return str.back() == c;
+}
+
 #endif