How to remove '/' from the string?

Question

I have a problem with the backslash. When the code executes numbers from the text file it looks like this 00744/,00474/ ...

And when I tried to float string into integer I got TypeErro: unsupported operand type(s) for +=: 'int' and 'str'.

How I can remove '/' from the numbers? Thank you

If you just want to remove the `/`, you can use `replace`: `stringvar.replace("/", "")` reference:https://www.w3schools.com/python/ref_string_replace.asp — MoPaMo, Mar 20 '21 at 16:28
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score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 20 '21 at 16:27

If you have a string and want to remove chars at the end from it, you can use str.rstrip() with custom characters

content = "123/"
print(content.rstrip("/")) # 123

content = "123=/"
print(content.rstrip("/"))      # 123=
print(content.rstrip("/=-_()")) # 123

Then convert to int

int("00474/".rstrip("/"))  # 474

Joe Ferndz · Answer 2 · 2021-03-20T16:35:45.030

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You can you regex re.sub to remove all the backslash.

a = '00744/,00474/,today/'
import re
a = re.sub(r'(?<=\d)\/','',a)
print (a)

The output of this will be:

00744,00474,today/

This will ensure that all backslash removed are only for digits and not for characters.

edited Mar 20 '21 at 16:35

answered Mar 20 '21 at 16:31

Joe Ferndz

You can avoid importing `re` by using `str.replace()` – MoPaMo Mar 20 '21 at 16:32
@mpm, unfortunately str.replace() will not solve it the way i am looking for – Joe Ferndz Mar 20 '21 at 16:44

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