Python Split String

Question

Lets Say we have Zaptoit:685158:zaptoit@hotmail.com

How do you split so it only be left 685158:zaptoit@hotmail.com

Answer 1

Another method, without using split:

s = 'Zaptoit:685158:zaptoit@hotmail.com'
s[s.find(':')+1:]

Ex:

>>> s = 'Zaptoit:685158:zaptoit@hotmail.com'
>>> s[s.find(':')+1:]
'685158:zaptoit@hotmail.com'

Answer 2

Following splits the string, ignores first element and rejoins the rest:

":".join(x.split(":")[1:])

Output:

'685158:zaptoit@hotmail.com'

Answer 3

Use the method str.split() with the value of maxsplit argument as 1.

mailID = 'Zaptoit:685158:zaptoit@hotmail.com' 
mailID.split(':', 1)[1]

Hope it helped.

Answer 4

>>> s = 'Zaptoit:685158:zaptoit@hotmail.com'
>>> s.split( ':', 1 )[1]
'685158:zaptoit@hotmail.com'

Answer 5

Another solution:

s = 'Zaptoit:685158:zaptoit@hotmail.com'
s.split(':', 1)[1]

Answer 6

s = re.sub('^.*?:', '', s)