def get_middle(s):

    # determining if the word is even or odd

    length = len(s)
    even = length % 2 == 0

    if even:
        n = int((len(s) - 2) /2)
        return s[n:n+2]

    else:
        n = int((len(s) - 1) /2)
        return s[n]