pandas.Series.str.removeprefix

Series.str.removeprefix(prefix)

Remove a prefix from an object series.

If the prefix is not present, the original string will be returned.

Parameters

prefixstr

Remove the prefix of the string.

Returns

Series/Index: object

The Series or Index with given prefix removed.

See also

Series.str.removesuffix

Remove a suffix from an object series.

Examples

>>> s = pd.Series(["str_foo", "str_bar", "no_prefix"])
>>> s
0    str_foo
1    str_bar
2    no_prefix
dtype: object
>>> s.str.removeprefix("str_")
0    foo
1    bar
2    no_prefix
dtype: object

>>> s = pd.Series(["foo_str", "bar_str", "no_suffix"])
>>> s
0    foo_str
1    bar_str
2    no_suffix
dtype: object
>>> s.str.removesuffix("_str")
0    foo
1    bar
2    no_suffix
dtype: object

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