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horta
horta

Reputation: 1130

Python String: obtaining what's left after python string slice

This substring related question appears to never mention another potential goal when slicing strings: obtaining what's left after a slice.

Is there a way to get what's left over when performing a slice operation without two separate steps where you join what's left over?

This would be brute force way, but it uses two slice operations and a join.

myString = "how now brown trow?"  
myString[:4] + myString[-5:]  
>>> 'how trow?'

Can this be done using the slicing notation without making two slices and joining them together?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 323

Answers (2)

Padraic Cunningham
Padraic Cunningham

Reputation: 180401

If the slice is unique that you want to remove you could str.replace:

myString = "how now brown trow?"
s = myString.replace(myString[4:-5],"")
print(s)
how trow?

Upvotes: 2

BrenBarn
BrenBarn

Reputation: 251373

No. You can't get non-contiguous pieces with a single slice operation.

Upvotes: 2

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