How to delete a character from a string using Python

manpreet Best Answer 2 years ago

_x000D_ In Python, strings are immutable, so you have to create a new string. You have a few options of how to create the new string. If you want to remove the 'M' wherever it appears: newstr = oldstr.replace("M", "") If you want to remove the central character: midlen = len(oldstr)/2 # //2 in python 3 newstr = oldstr[:midlen] + oldstr[midlen+1:] You asked if strings end with a special character. No, you are thinking like a C programmer. In Python, strings are stored with their length, so any byte value, including \0, can appear in a string.