How can I split certain part of a number variable?

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In a smart contract using Solidity, how can I split certain characters of a number variable?

I specifically need to take last two symbols of a hexadecimal number.

utf8 encoded? Where's the encoded data coming from? A code snippet would be useful here for context.
If you are trying to decode a utf8 encoded string there should be plenty of algorithms you can google for that could be ported to solidity. — Paul S, Apr 04 '16 at 18:04
I have block hash e.g. 0x1ceeb282f22d09352d03c2e9a5e43b4a63fafbeb1424622fef8e390df493030e and I wan't to take last 2 character from that hash, i.e. 0e to be used as a pseudorandom number for game. — Matias, Apr 04 '16 at 18:30

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 13:01

Just use the bitwise operator '&' to extract the parts of the numbers. Example:

function getTest1() constant returns (uint256) {
  uint256 number = 0x1ceeb282f22d09352d03c2e9a5e43b4a63fafbeb1424622fef8e390df493030e;
  return number & 0xff;
}

or if you want the number in a 16 bit unsigned integer:

function getTest2() constant returns (uint16) {
  uint256 number = 0x1ceeb282f22d09352d03c2e9a5e43b4a63fafbeb1424622fef8e390df493030e;
  return uint16(number & 0xff);
}

The results look like:

> test.getTest1()
14
> test.getTest2()
14

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