string strip in python

Question

I would need to stripoff "domain\" from "domain\name" to extract name which can be any name or the word name literally

>>> s="domain\name"

>>> x=s[5:]
>>> print(x)
n
ame
>>> s="domain\bh16"
>>> x=s[5:]
>>> print(x)
h16
>>> x=s[4:]
>>> print(x)
ih16

FWIW, your first string doesn't actually have a backslash in it ... `\n` is a newline... — mgilson, Dec 12 '16 at 21:58
and `\b` is an ["ASCII backspace"](https://docs.python.org/2/reference/lexical_analysis.html#string-literals), I don't think you want that! — MSeifert, Dec 12 '16 at 22:02
where are you getting these from? If under your control return these results as raw strings. — Dimitris Fasarakis Hilliard, Dec 12 '16 at 22:04
Assuming this is a path or url, I would use `os.basename(path)` to get the filename from a path/url. — Casey Kuball, Dec 12 '16 at 22:30

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 12 '16 at 22:13

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You can convert it to a raw string and use replace as normal

s = r"domain\bh16"

print(s.replace("domain\\", '')) #bh16

edited Dec 12 '16 at 22:13

Tonechas

answered Dec 12 '16 at 22:04

datawrestler

the solution you gave me works fine when I know the value of variable 's'. However, I am using it in a code where s gets assigned dynamically to different names with 'domain\' prefixed to it . If I try that way the solution is not working >>> Username='corp\bh16' >>> y=r"Username" >>> print(y) Username – ananda Dec 15 '16 at 00:09

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