how to split the data to get the desired Output in python?

Question

i have a input and i want to split the text to get the desired output i have used txt.split(":")[-1] but it's not solving my issue.Need help new to python coding.

input:End Date: 10-09-2020 10:00 AM
Desired output: 10-09-2020 10:00 AM

If you want to go with your approach, you probably need to use strip() and .join() to get to your desired output — Saskia, Sep 10 '20 at 07:14
did you `print (txt.split(":"))` - why do you use `[-1]` ? what can you change in your code to get what you want? did you read [the docs](https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str.split)? — Patrick Artner, Sep 10 '20 at 07:15
Duplicate: [splitting-on-first-occurrence](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6903557/splitting-on-first-occurrence) — Patrick Artner, Sep 10 '20 at 07:17

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 10 '20 at 07:13

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try:

input = "End Date: 10-09-2020 10:00 AM"
matcher = "End Date: " # get a constant identifier to look for

# now we want to slice the string in such way that leaves only the part 
# after the matcher. So we find the first occurence of matcher and then
# add it's length to see where is the end of the matcher. then we
# simply take the remaining string
desired = input[input.find(matcher)+len(matcher):]

answered Sep 10 '20 at 07:13

snatchysquid

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@PatrickArtner correct, and using input[10:] works as well – snatchysquid Sep 10 '20 at 07:18

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 10 '20 at 08:02

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txt.split("End Date:")[-1]

it will solve the issue

answered Sep 10 '20 at 08:02

how to split the data to get the desired Output in python?

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