How to check last digit of number

Question

Is there a way to get the last digit of a number. I am trying to find variables that end with "1" like 1,11,21,31,41,etc..

If I use a text variable I can simply put

print number[:-1]  

but it works for variables with text(like "hello) but not with numbers. With numbers I get this error:

TypeError: 'int' object is not subscriptable 

I am trying to see if there's a better way to deal with numbers this way. I know a solution is to convert to a string and then do the above command but I'm trying to see if there's another way I have missed.

Thanks so much in advance...

Answer 1

Remainder when dividing by 10, as in

numericVariable % 10 

This only works for positive numbers. -12%10 yields 8

Answer 2

Use the modulus operator with 10:

num = 11 if num % 10 == 1:     print 'Whee!' 

This gives the remainder when dividing by 10, which will always be the last digit (when the number is positive).