Python - Using str.replace with a wildcard

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baldurmen

I'm trying to rename folder names named with this pattern: FOLDERNAME (###)

I'm trying to get rid of (###), a series of numbers of random length.

I would like to use str.replace as show below to do it, but I'm not sure I can use a wildcard this way...

folderdir = os.listdir(path)            # Listing the folder names
for foldername in folderdir:
    output = foldername.replace("(*)", "")
    rename()

mgilson

Nope, str.replace won't work. You need re.sub.

e.g.:

>>> re.sub(r'\(.*\)', '', 'foobar (###)')
'foobar '

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edited at2021-02-4

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