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How to remove all characters after a specific character in python?


I have a string. How do I remove all text after a certain character? (In this case ...)
The text after will ... change so I that's why I want to remove all characters after a certain one.


Solution

  • Split on your separator at most once, and take the first piece:

    sep = '...'
    stripped = text.split(sep, 1)[0]
    

    You didn't say what should happen if the separator isn't present. Both this and Alex's solution will return the entire string in that case.