Substring
result = my_string[first_index:last_index_plus_one]
result = my_string[3:6] //Get the characters from index 3 up to index 5 (the last index given is not included)
result = my_string[:6] //Get all the characters up to index 5 (the last index given is not included)
result = my_string[3:] //Get the characters from index 3 up to the end of the string
result = my_string[-2:] //Get the last 2 characters of the string
result = my_string[:-2] //Get the string excluding the last 2 charactersConvert string to value
#string to int
#my_variable = int(my_string)
my_variable = int(float(my_string)) #This is better as int('0.0') will throw an error in python ('0.0 is not a valid integer of base 10')
#string to float
my_variable = float(my_string)Get string from character position # (Remove text from beginning or end of string)
Getting beginning of a string
if my_string.find("abc") >= 0:
my_string = my_string[:my_string.index("abc")]Getting end of string
if my_string.find("abc") >= 0:
my_string = my_string[my_string.index("abc")+3:]
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