Remove last character from a Python string

This post will discuss how to remove the last character from a string in Python.

1. Using Slicing

A simple approach to remove the last character from a string is using slicing.

if __name__ == '__main__':

s = 'ABCD'

s = s[:-1]

print(s) # ABC

If you want to remove the last n characters, you can do:

if __name__ == '__main__':

s = 'ABCD'

n = 2

s = s[:-n]

print(s) # AB

If you need to remove all occurrence of a trailing character, you can use the rstrip function:

if __name__ == '__main__':

s = 'A!BCD!!'

ch = '!'

s = s.rstrip(ch)

print(s) # A!BCD

That’s all about removing the last character from a string in Python.