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Python - get last 3 characters of string
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In this article, we would like to show you how to get the last 3 characters of a string in Python.
Quick solution:
last_characters = string[-N:]
Overview
Get last N elements using [] operator:
string[start_index: end_index]
or
string[start_index: end_index: step]
Where:
start_index- index position, from where it will start fetching the characters (default value is0),end_index- index position, where it will end fetching the characters (default value is end of the string),step- interval between each character (default value is1)
Practical example
1. Get the last 3 characters of a string
In this example, we get the last 3 characters of the "dirask" string by index (-3 to end of the string).
string = "dirask"
last_characters = string[-3:]
print("The last 3 characters are:",last_characters)
Output:
The last 3 characters are: ask