Last 2 digits of an integer? Python 3

Question

With my code, I want to get the last two digits of an integer. But when I make x a positive number, it will take the first x digits, if it is a negative number, it will remo

Answer 1

Simpler way to extract last two digits of the number (less efficient) is to convert the number to str and slice the last two digits of the number. For example:

# sample function
def get_last_digits(num, last_digits_count=2):
    return int(str(num)[-last_digits_count:])
    #       ^ convert the number back to `int`

OR, you may achieve it via using modulo % operator (more efficient), (to know more, check How does % work in Python?) as:

def get_last_digits(num, last_digits_count=2):
    return abs(num) % (10**last_digits_count)
    #       ^ perform `%` on absolute value to cover `-`ive numbers

Sample run:

>>> get_last_digits(95432)
32
>>> get_last_digits(2)
2
>>> get_last_digits(34644, last_digits_count=4)
4644