PYTHON

python get first character of string

string = 'This is a string'
print(string[0])
#output: 'T'

python get first letter of string

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)

get first letter of each word in string python

def abbrevName(name):
    xs = (name)
    name_list = xs.split()
    # print(name_list)

    first = name_list[0][0]
    second = name_list[1][0]

    return(first.upper() + "." + second.upper())
answer = abbrevName("Ozzie Smith")
print(answer) 

how to find the first letter of an item in python

mylist[0][0]   # get the first character from the first item in the list