Aug 31, 2016 · I want to get a new string from the third character to the end of the string, e.g. myString[2:end]. If omitting the second part means 'to the end', and if you omit the first part, does it …

May 4, 2012 · How to remove leading and trailing spaces from a string? Asked 13 years, 7 months ago Modified 11 months ago Viewed 230k times

Sep 24, 2016 · When joining strings Python only has to allocate new memory for the final string, which is much more efficient, but could take longer to compute. Also, because strings are immutable it's often …

Use 'classic' string substitutions (ala C's printf). Note the different meanings here of % as the string-format specifier, and the % to apply the list (actually a tuple) to the formatting string.

str(number).rjust(string_width, fill_char) This way, the original string is returned unchanged if its length is greater than string_width. Example:

There are two types of string in Python 2: the traditional str type and the newer unicode type. If you type a string literal without the u in front you get the old str type which stores 8-bit characters, and with the …

Does Python have something like an empty string variable where you can do: if myString == string.empty: Regardless, what's the most elegant way to check for empty string values? I find hard …

f-strings (python 3) You can avoid having to double the curly brackets by using f-strings ONLY for the parts of the string where you want the f-magic to apply, and use regular (dumb) strings for everything …

Sep 17, 2012 · For handling a few strings in separate variables, see How do I append one string to another in Python?. For the opposite process - creating a list from a string - see How do I split a …

When you want to split a string by a specific delimiter like: __ or | or , etc. it's much easier and faster to split using .split() method as in the top answer because Python string methods are intuitive and …