first char of string python code example

Example 1: parse first characters from string python

# Get First 3 character of a string in python
first_chars = sample_str[0:3] 
print('First 3 characters: ', first_chars)

# Output:
First 3 characters: Hel

Example 2: python get first character of string

string = 'This is a string'
print(string[0])
#output: 'T'

Example 3: last character of string in python

a = '123456789'

#to get last char, acess index -1
print(a[-1])

#this works the same as:
print(a[len(a)-1])

#instead of 1, subtract n to get string's nth char from last
#let n = 4
print(a[-4])

#result:
9
9
6

Example 4: how to get a specific character in a string on number python

# An example text
text = "This is text"
# print the [0] first character of the sample text, 
#			[4] fifth character,
#			[0: 4] first to fifth character,
#			[-1] last character.
print(tekst[0], tekst[4], tekst[0:4], tekst[-1])