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

To get the last 2 digits of num I would use a 1 line simple hack:

str(num)[-2:]

This would give a string. To get an int, just wrap with int:

int(str(num)[-2:])

Answer 2

to get the last 2 digits of an integer.

a = int(input())
print(a % 100)

Answer 3

Why don't you extract the absolute value of the number modulus 100? That is, use

 abs(num) % 100 

to extract the last two digits?

In terms of performance and clarity, this method is hard to beat.

Answer 4

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