Remove everything after a number in a string

Question

Is this possible? To delete everything in a string after any number?

Eg.:

some_text = "123 Text"
some_text_2 = "456 Foo"

I want to get only 123 and 456 without the space, and those numbers would be a random number

I don't want to get the space, but I know to remove spaces with `replace` function — Diego Barreiro, Jan 09 '17 at 19:45
To simplify, is it reasonable to use `some_text.split()[0]`? — ti7, Jan 09 '17 at 19:45
I'm confused, do you want to delete everything after a number or keep everything after a number? — juanpa.arrivillaga, Jan 09 '17 at 19:45
I want to delete everything after the number @juanpa.arrivillaga. Sorry, I wrote badly the question — Diego Barreiro, Jan 09 '17 at 19:47

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:33

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With little search on Stack Overflow.

Removing numbers from string

For Python 2:

from string import digits

s = 'abc123def456ghi789zero0'
res = s.translate(None, digits)
# 'abcdefghizero'

For Python 3:

from string import digits

s = 'abc123def456ghi789zero0'
remove_digits = str.maketrans('', '', digits)
res = s.translate(remove_digits)
# 'abcdefghizero'

And add a replace function to remove the space.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:33

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answered Jan 09 '17 at 19:46

callmemath

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It is really not a good thing to copy an answer directly without improving it. Better to mark as duplicate. – Moses Koledoye Jan 09 '17 at 19:48
He wants to keep the number, not remove the number. – Barmar Jan 09 '17 at 19:55
@Barmar in the previous edit of his post : `I want to get only Text and Foo` – callmemath Jan 09 '17 at 19:56

Remove everything after a number in a string

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