python: rstrip one exact string, respecting order

Question

Is it possible to use the python command rstrip so that it does only remove one exact string and does not take all letters separately?

I was confused w

Answer 1

This will work regardless of extension type.

# Find the rightmost period character
filename = "my file 1234.txt"

file_extension_position = filename.rindex(".")

# Substring the filename from first char up until the final period position
stripped_filename = filename[0:file_extension_position]
print("Stripped Filename: {}".format(stripped_filename))