how to identify a particular char from a string in python code example

Example 1: how to get any letter of a string python

Random = "Whatever"#you can put anything here
words2 = Random.split(" ")
print('number of letters:')#you can delete this line...
print(len(Random))#and this one. these lines just Tell you how many 
#letters there are
while True:#you can get rid of this loop if you want
    ask = int(input("what letter do you want?"))
    print(Random[ask-1])

Example 2: find character in python

banana = "banana"
banana.find("a")
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banana.find("a",2)
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