[Newbie]: How to find a specified digit in a number?

[Steve Holden]

Mathias wrote:

> Hi everyone.
> 
> I'm making a little script which finds the right number from a couple of
> choices, but I need a function or script which finds a specified digit,
> eg. FindDigit(3579, 3) = 7.
> 
> Thanks in advance :-)

Modulo the error checking you should clearly do on the arguments:

 >>> def FindDigit(i, pos):
...   return str(i)[pos-1]
...
 >>> FindDigit(3579, 3)
'7'
 >>>

regards
  Steve
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