string.rstrip

[Alan Kennedy]

Matthew Wilson wrote:
> What would be the best way to strip off the last "_asdf" from
> "asdf_asdf_asdf"?

I don't about "the best way" (define "best"), but here's another way

#--------------
import re
patt = re.compile('_asdf$')
mystring = "asdf_asdf_asdf"
print patt.sub('', mystring)
#--------------------------

HTH,

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