String is a collection of characters. Python has many inbuilt function to work with string. Each character in a string has index number. Index number always start with 0. For example string ‘Python’ has 6 characters and below is the index position of each character in string.
Character P y t h o n
Index number 0 1 2 3 4 5
In this blog we will ask user to enter any string, display the string entered by user and then display first character of a string.
We will use index position to display character inside string.
Asking user to enter any string.
str = input('Please enter any string: ')
Display the string entered by user.
print('You entered -> %s'%str)
To display first character of a string use index number 0. Index number should be enclosed within square brackets.
print('First Character of a string : %s'%str[0])
OUTPUT
Please enter any string: Batman
You entered -> Batman
First Character of a string : B
Complete Code
str = input('Please enter any string: ') print('You entered -> %s'%str) print('First Character of a string : %s'%str[0])