Python how to remove equal sign "=" in strings?

Question

Python how to remove = in strings?

a = 'bbb=ccc'

a.rstrip('=')
# returns 'bbb=ccc'

a.rstrip('\=')
# alse returns 'bbb=ccc'

how to match = ?

You should probably take some time to [read the `rstrip` documentation](https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str.rstrip), and learn what it actually do. — Some programmer dude, Mar 08 '18 at 08:08
Possible duplicate of [Remove specific characters from a string in Python](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3939361/remove-specific-characters-from-a-string-in-python) — moooeeeep, Mar 08 '18 at 09:11

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 08 '18 at 08:07

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You can replace it with an empty string:

a.replace("=", "")

For reference:

answered Mar 08 '18 at 08:07

moooeeeep

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 08 '18 at 08:09

You can use the replace method (easiest):

a = 'bbb=ccc'
a.replace('=', '')

or the translate method (probably faster on large amounts of data):

a = 'bbb=ccc'
a.translate(None, '=')

or the re.sub method (most powerful, i.e. can do much more):

import re
re.sub('=', '', 'aaa=bbb')

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 08 '18 at 08:10

strip removes characters from the beginning and from the end of the string! From the documentation:

 str.strip([chars]) 

Return a copy of the string with leading and trailing characters removed.

Since you "=" is neither at the beggining nor at the end of your string, you can't use strip for your purpose. You need to use replace.

a.replace("=", "")

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