Extract last n characters from right of the column in pandas python

Last n characters from right of the column in pandas python can be extracted in a roundabout way. Let’s see how to return last n characters from right of column in pandas with an example.

First let’s create a dataframe

import pandas as pd
import numpy as np

#Create a DataFrame
df1 = {
    'State':['Arizona AZ','Georgia GG','Newyork NY','Indiana IN','Florida FL'],
   'Score':[62,47,55,74,31]}

df1 = pd.DataFrame(df1,columns=['State','Score'])
print(df1)

df1 will be

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Extract Last n characters from right of the column in pandas:

str[-n:] is used to get last n character of column in pandas

df1['Stateright'] = df1['State'].str[-2:]
print(df1)

str[-2:] is used to get last two character of column in pandas and it is stored in another column namely Stateright so the resultant dataframe will be

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