How do I get a certain digit from a number?

How can I get a certain digit, say a, from a number, say b? I used to program often in python, and in python there's expression, "string"[1], which returns the first letter of the string. However, I can't find that in Construct 2.

to get W in Woodland use action

--------------------------------> left(Woodland,1)

say as "string"[1]

variable = "Woodland"

variable[1] python

--------------------------> system set A to left(variable,1) construct 2

I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong, but for some reason I'm getting absurd numbers when I run this code:

subtract from CurrentAnswer

int(right(str(CurrentAnswer),2))

What the code should do is get rid of the number on the far right, help please?

Substract

12345-5=12340

12340-0=12340

12340-0=12340

etc

Set

12345

1234

123

etc

Sometimes, programming can make you feel very stupid. This is one of those times. Thanks so much!