How to get rid of "+" in a line?

Question

I have the txt file below and I want the remove the "+" if there is a + in front of the number.

+905061459318

+905458507534

+905437335094

I have tried almost all of the solutions that exist in Stackoverflow but still, I cannot remove the + from the line.

The code is here.

with open("numbers.txt") as f:
lines = [line.rstrip('\n') for line in open("numbers.txt")]
for line in lines:
    if line.startswith("+"):
        line.replace("+","")
    else:
        pass

those phone numbers seem valid and currently used. If so, might be nasty to reveal them here. — Barbaros Özhan, Jul 29 '19 at 06:24

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 29 '19 at 06:19

2

You already have line.rstrip('\n'). Make that line.rstrip('\n').lstrip('+').

answered Jul 29 '19 at 06:19

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How to get rid of "+" in a line?

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