Remove character at a specific index in a Python string

This post will discuss how to remove a character at the specific index in Python String.

To remove any character from the String, you have to create a new string since strings are immutable in Python. There are several ways to do so, which are discussed below in detail:

1. Using Slicing

The most common approach to removing a character from a string at the specific index is using slicing. Here’s a simple example that returns the new string with character at given index i removed from the string s.

if __name__ == '__main__':

s = "ABCDE"

i = 2

s = s[:i] + s[i+1:]

print(s) # ABDE

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2. Using Generator Expression

Another option is to use generators to filter the characters in the string and then join them back again to construct a new string:

if __name__ == '__main__':

s = "ABCDE"

i = 2

s = ''.join(s[x] for x in range(len(s)) if x != i)

print(s) # ABDE

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3. Converting to list

Another plausible way is to convert your string into a mutable list of characters. Then you can convert the list back to a string after removing the character at the specified index.

if __name__ == '__main__':

s = "ABCDE"

i = 2

l = list(s)

del(l[i])

s = "".join(l)

print(s) # ABDE

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That’s all about removing the character at a specific index in a string in Python.

Remove character at a specific index in a Python string

1. Using Slicing

2. Using Generator Expression

3. Converting to list

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