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WayBehind
WayBehind

Reputation: 1697

Python Strip Values in List?

I have a list of values in this format:

 ['11111-11111','22222-22222','33333-33333']

How do I strip the values in the list so I only have the first 5 numbers of each value in the list?

Looking for: ['11111','22222','33333']

Upvotes: 0

Views: 157

Answers (2)

Alexey Gorozhanov
Alexey Gorozhanov

Reputation: 706

If you would like a very simple solution, it could be like that:

yourList = ['11111-11111','22222-22222','33333-33333']
newList = []
for item in yourList:
    newList.append(item[:5])
print(newList)

The output is ['11111', '22222', '33333']

Upvotes: 1

EdChum
EdChum

Reputation: 394239

You can use a list comprehension and slice each element in your list:

In [16]:
l=['11111-11111','22222-22222','33333-33333']
[x[:5] for x in l]

Out[16]:
['11111', '22222', '33333']

a call to str.split would work too:

In [17]:
l=['11111-11111','22222-22222','33333-33333']
[x.split('-')[0] for x in l]

Out[17]:
['11111', '22222', '33333']

Upvotes: 7

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