How to get first char of string in python?

Question

I want to enter a word from keyboard, put it in a string variable and return first and last letter from the word. But I don't know to to do this.

input: "Hello"
output: "H", "o"

P.S: I want to put this 2 letters in a variable:

print(first)
output:"H"
print(last)
output:"o"

Please give me a solution!

for first letter `input[0]` and last letter `input[-1]` – sanit Feb 25 '18 at 12:07 — sanit, Feb 25 '18 at 12:07
Have you tried Google ? – Joseph Budin Feb 25 '18 at 12:07 — Joseph Budin, Feb 25 '18 at 12:07

score 11 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 25 '18 at 12:06

11

simply.

st = "hello"
print st[0] #first char
print st[-1] #last char

answered Feb 25 '18 at 12:06

arundeepak

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