Remove extra comma from the string

Question

I can't able to delete the extra comma from the below list of strings

[',156,151,2016-06-07',',160,147,2016-03-16',',99,91,2016-06-11']

I tried to use join and delete but it didn't work

expecting the result like below

['156,151,2016-06-07','160,147,2016-03-16','99,91,2016-06-11']

please help me...thanks in advance

For anyone else reading, the "extra comma" is the very first one from here => `[',` — James Gould, Jul 21 '16 at 15:19
Possible duplicate of [Remove specific characters from a string in python](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3939361/remove-specific-characters-from-a-string-in-python) — James Gould, Jul 21 '16 at 15:20

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 21 '16 at 15:21

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You can use a list-comprehension:

>>> l = [',156,151,2016-06-07',',160,147,2016-03-16',',99,91,2016-06-11']
>>> l = [i.lstrip(',') for i in l]
>>> l
['156,151,2016-06-07', '160,147,2016-03-16', '99,91,2016-06-11']

answered Jul 21 '16 at 15:21

mechanical_meat

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 21 '16 at 15:21

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Just use str.replace:

newArr = []
for line in arr:
    newArr.append(line.replace(',', '')

answered Jul 21 '16 at 15:21

Athena

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 21 '16 at 17:00

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you can use list comprehension for the same :-

>>> l= [',156,151,2016-06-07',',160,147,2016-03-16',',99,91,2016-06-11']
>>> [i.lstrip(',') for i in l]
['156,151,2016-06-07', '160,147,2016-03-16', '99,91,2016-06-11']

answered Jul 21 '16 at 17:00

Pabitra Pati

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Remove extra comma from the string

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