Python – Slice from Last Occurrence of K

Last Updated : 23 Apr, 2023

Sometimes, while working with Python Strings, we can have a problem in which we need to perform the task of performing characters stripping on the last occurrence of element. This can have applications in which data is involved. Lets discuss certain ways in which this task can be performed.

Method #1 : Using loop + string slicing The combination of above methods can be used to solve this problem. In this, we search for the last occurrence using loop and save index to later slice.

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# Python3 code to demonstrate working of 
# Slice from Last Occurrence of K 
# Using string slicing and loop 
 
# initializing string 
test_str = 'geeksforgeeks-is-best-for-geeks'
 
# printing original string 
print("The original string is : " + str(test_str)) 
 
# initializing K 
K = "-"
 
# Slice from Last Occurrence of K 
# Using string slicing and loop 
idx = None
for i in range(len(test_str)): 
    if K == test_str[i]: 
        idx = i 
res = test_str[:idx] 
 
# printing result 
print("Sliced String is : " + str(res)) 

Output :

The original string is : geeksforgeeks-is-best-for-geeks
Sliced String is : geeksforgeeks-is-best-for

Time Complexity: O(n) where n is the length of the input string.

Auxiliary Space: O(n)

Method #2: Using rfind() + string slicing The combination of above methods can be used to solve this problem. In this, we extract the last occurrence using rfind() and rest slicing as above method.

Python3

# Python3 code to demonstrate working of 
# Slice from Last Occurrence of K 
# Using rfind() + string slicing 
 
# initializing string 
test_str = 'geeksforgeeks-is-best-for-geeks'
 
# printing original string 
print("The original string is : " + str(test_str)) 
 
# initializing K 
K = "-"
 
# Slice from Last Occurrence of K 
# Using rfind() + string slicing 
idx = test_str.rfind(K) 
res = test_str[:idx] 
 
# printing result 
print("Sliced String is : " + str(res)) 

Output :

The original string is : geeksforgeeks-is-best-for-geeks
Sliced String is : geeksforgeeks-is-best-for

The Time and Space Complexity for all the methods are the same:

Time Complexity: O(n)

Auxiliary Space: O(n)

Method #3 : Using max() method

Python3

# Python3 code to demonstrate working of
# Slice from Last Occurrence of K
# Using string slicing and loop
 
# initializing string
test_str = 'geeksforgeeks-is-best-for-geeks'
 
# printing original string
print("The original string is : " + str(test_str))
 
# initializing K
K = "-"
x=[]
res=[]
for i in range(0,len(test_str)):
    if(test_str[i]==K):
        x.append(i)
res=test_str[:max(x)]
# printing result
print("Sliced String is : " + str(res))

Output

The original string is : geeksforgeeks-is-best-for-geeks
Sliced String is : geeksforgeeks-is-best-for

Time complexity : O(n), where n is length of test_str

Auxiliary space : O(n), where n is length of res string.

Method#4: Using split() and join()

this approach involves splitting the input string using the separator K, joining all the parts except the last one using the same separator K, and returning the joined string.

Algorithm

1. Split the string using K as the separator.
2. Join all the parts except the last one using K as the separator.
3. Return the joined string.

Python3

def slice_last_occurrence(test_str, K):
    parts = test_str.split(K)
    sliced_str = K.join(parts[:-1])
    return sliced_str
 
test_str = 'geeksforgeeks-is-best-for-geeks'
K = "-"
print(slice_last_occurrence(test_str, K))

Output

geeksforgeeks-is-best-for

Time Complexity: O(n), where n is the length of the string
Auxiliary Space: O(n), where n is length of string

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