How to get the first character of a string in Python

To get the first character of a string in Python, you can access the index of that character using the square brackets [] notation.

In Python, all characters in a string are assigned an index number starting from 0 for the first character and incremented by 1 for each subsequent character.

To get the first character, add [0] after the string name as follows:

my_string = "Genius"

print(my_string[0])  # G
print(my_string[1])  # e
print(my_string[2])  # n
print(my_string[3])  # i
print(my_string[4])  # u
print(my_string[5])  # s

You can access any individual character in a string by using its index number. The string index in Python starts from 0.

To get the first character in a string, access the string with [0] notation.

I hope this tutorial helps. Happy coding! 👍