Indices may be negative numbers, to start counting from the right. For example: : String Index « String « Python






  1. Python
  2. String
  3. String Index

Indices may be negative numbers, to start counting from the right. For example:

 

word = 'Help' + 'A'


print word[-1]     # The last character
print word[-2]     # The last-but-one character
print word[-2:]    # The last two characters
print word[:-2]    # All but the last two characters








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