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# Using indexing
string = "Hello"
first_character = string[0]
print(first_character)
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characters = 4
string = "This is a string"
print(string[:characters])
#output: 'This'
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import re
def first_letter(s):
m = re.search(r'[a-z]', s, re.I)
if m is not None:
return m.start()
return -1
s = "##catgiraffeapluscompscI"
i = first_letter(s)
print(i)
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mylist[0][0] # get the first character from the first item in the list