How to take the nth digit of a number in python

Question

I want to take the nth digit from an N digit number in python. For example:

number = 9876543210
i = 4
number[i] # should return 6

How can

Answer 1

First treat the number like a string

number = 9876543210
number = str(number)

Then to get the first digit:

number[0]

The fourth digit:

number[3]

EDIT:

This will return the digit as a character, not as a number. To convert it back use:

int(number[0])