How to delete a character from a string using Python

Question

There is a string, for example. EXAMPLE.

How can I remove the middle character, i.e., M from it? I don\'t need the code. I want to know:

Answer 1

Strings are immutable. But you can convert them to a list, which is mutable, and then convert the list back to a string after you've changed it.

s = "this is a string"

l = list(s)  # convert to list

l[1] = ""    # "delete" letter h (the item actually still exists but is empty)
l[1:2] = []  # really delete letter h (the item is actually removed from the list)
del(l[1])    # another way to delete it

p = l.index("a")  # find position of the letter "a"
del(l[p])         # delete it

s = "".join(l)  # convert back to string

You can also create a new string, as others have shown, by taking everything except the character you want from the existing string.