python3 get last 3 characters code example

Example 1: how to select last 2 elements in a string python

>>>mystr = "abcdefghijkl"
>>>mystr[-4:]
'ijkl'

>>>mystr[:-4] #to select all but last 4 characters
'abcdefgh'

Example 2: how to get last element of string in python

sample_str = 'Sample String'
# Get last character of string i.e. char at index position -1
last_char = sample_str[len(sample_str) - 1]
 
print('Last character : ', last_char)
# Output
Last charater : g