[R] Extract character from the end of a string

[jwehr]

I have a list of names that look like this, with some ending in an "*" and
others not:

Steve Young*
Joe Montana*
Tom Brady
Daunte Culpepper
...

I want to create a variable that = 1 if the name ends in "*" and = 0
otherwise. Please help!

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