How would I get everything before a : in a string Python

Question

I am looking for a way to get all of the letters in a string before a : but I have no idea on where to start. Would I use regex? If so how?

string = \"Userna         


        

Answer 1

You don't need regex for this

>>> s = "Username: How are you today?"

You can use the split method to split the string on the ':' character

>>> s.split(':')
['Username', ' How are you today?']

And slice out element [0] to get the first part of the string

>>> s.split(':')[0]
'Username'