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How does Python's slice notation work? That is: when I write code like a[x:y:z], a[:], a[::2] etc., how can I understand which elements end up in the slice? See Why are slice and range upper-bound ...
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I have the following string: "aaaabbbb" How can I get the last four characters and store them in a string using Python?
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I have a file path as a string and trying to remove the last '/' from the end. my_file_path = '/home/ro/A_Python_Scripts/flask-auto/myDirectory/scarlett Johanson/1448543562.17.jpg/' I've been trying ...
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Possible Duplicate: Is there a way to substring a string in Python? I have a string in the form 'AAAH8192375948'. How do I keep the first 5 characters of this string, and strip all the rest? Is it ...
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How can I get the last character of this string? seed_name = "Cocoa"
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def PrintThree(s): x = len(s) return s[0:3] + x[3:] I am pretty stuck right now on how to print only certain parts of a string. I am trying to make a code where python will print 3 ...
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I have a list of strings in the format: 'foo7bar'. How is it possible in Python to remove the 7 along with any characters that follow? This is similar to this question, but I need the answer for ...
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I am trying to answer a question for a homework assignment. I have to split an input of numbers into a phone number. The input is 8005551212 and the output needs to look like 800-555-1212. My question ...
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I am trying to find a substring within a larger string in python. I am trying to find the text present after the string "Requests per second:" is found. It seems my knowledge of python strings and ...
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I want to display an input() string and want to display it so it prints all the letters of the string except the first letter. string1 = input("enter first string") string2 = input("enter second ...
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In Python: How do I write a function that would remove "x" number of characters from the beginning of a string? For instance if my string was "gorilla" and I want to be able remove two letters it ...
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I need to extract the last two characters of a phrase, but I don't know how as there isn't a minus 0.
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get_list_of_countries_whose_nth_letter_is(3, “m”) would return a list of every country whose THIRD letter (i.e. index 2) is the letter m: ['Armenia', 'Cambodia', 'Cameroon', 'Comoros', 'Dominica', '...
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I'm new to Python and to Regex. Here is my current problem, for which I have not managed to find any straight answer online. I have a string of 5 or more characters, for which I need to search for all ...
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Let's say I have an input: SA3213023215 I want to move the SA to the very end of the input. How can I do this?

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