How to replace (or strip) an extension from a filename in Python?

Question

Is there a built-in function in Python that would replace (or remove, whatever) the extension of a filename (if it has one) ?

Example:

print replace_         


        

Answer 1

Another way to do is to use the str.rpartition(sep) method.

For example:

filename = '/home/user/somefile.txt'
(prefix, sep, suffix) = filename.rpartition('.')

new_filename = prefix + '.jpg'

print new_filename