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Python » String » String SliceScreenshots 
Negative Indices numbers: start counting from the right
Negative Indices numbers: start counting from the right

word = "Hello world"

print word[-1]     # The last character

print word[-2]     # The last-but-one character

print word[-2:]    # The last two characters

print word[:-2]    # Everything except the last two characters

           
       
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