How can I picking numbers of numbers in python?

Question

I need the pick first 3 numbers if input numbers. Example;

23456.43 = 234

7348593.8304853 = 734

1.097493 = 109

27.7481 = 277

How can I do that in Python?

do you know if the input is a float or can it be letters there too? — Christian Sloper, Feb 12 '21 at 17:17
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score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 12 '21 at 17:19

3

try this

number  = 23.4563
x  = int(str(number).replace('.', '') [:3])
print(x)

output :

answered Feb 12 '21 at 17:19

kiranr

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