How to remove certain characters from a string? [Python]

Question

Say i have a string called cool and cool is set to "cool°"

cool = "cool°"

how do i remove the degree symbol from the string?

Daniel · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-06 23:41:00Z

7

Since strings are immutable, use the replace function to reassign cool

cool = "cool°"
cool = cool.replace("°","")
cool
'cool'

answered Mar 6, 2015 at 23:35

Daniel

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Padraic Cunningham · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-07 00:13:30Z

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If they are at the end of the string use str.rstrip:

cool = "cool°"

cool = cool.rstrip("°")
print(cool)
cool

answered Mar 7, 2015 at 0:13

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