Python Last Character From String

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How do I Get Last Character of String in Python

There are different ways to find the last character of a string in python. In this example, we will see one of the simple examples. The last character of the string has index position -1. So to get the last character of the string we will pall -1 in the square bracket.

Syntax:

string_variable[-1]

Print Last Character of String Example:

#eg name=”Pramod”

#Pramod is a string and in this string, there are 6 characters ‘P’,’r’,’a’,’m’,’o’,’d’

#now we have to print the last character that is “d”

name = 'pramod'
print('The last character is: ',name[-1])

C:\Users\Pramod\PycharmProjects\pythonProject\venv\Scripts\python.exe C:/Users/Pramod/PycharmProjects/pythonProject/main.py
The last character is:  d

Process finished with exit code 0

Source Code:

def name(first_name):

    return first_name[-1]

first_name=input("enter your first name: ")

print('Last character is:' ,name(first_name))

Output:

C:\Users\Pramod\PycharmProjects\pythonProject\venv\Scripts\python.exe C:/Users/Pramod/PycharmProjects/pythonProject/main.py
enter your first name: KUMAR
Last character is: R

Process finished with exit code 0