Python – Extract range characters from String

Given a String, extract characters only which lie between given letters.

Input : test_str = ‘geekforgeeks is best’, strt, end = “g”, “s” 

Output : gkorgksiss 

Explanation : All characters after g and before s are retained. 

Input : test_str = ‘geekforgeeks is best’, strt, end = “g”, “r” 

Output : gkorgki 

Explanation : All characters after g and before r are retained.

Method #1 : Using list comprehension

In this, we check for character in range using comparison operation and list comprehension does task of iteration and creation of new list. Then join() can be employed to reconvert to string.

Python3

# Python3 code to demonstrate working of
# Extract range  characters from String
# Using list comprehension

# initializing string
test_str = 'geekforgeeks is best'

# printing original string
print("The original string is : " + str(test_str))

# initializing range letters
strt, end = "f", "s"

# join() to get result in string
res = ''.join([chr for chr in test_str if chr >= strt and chr <= end])

# printing result
print("Extracted String : " + str(res))

Output

The original string is : geekforgeeks is best
Extracted String : gkforgksiss

Method #2 : Using filter() + lambda + join()

Another way to solve this, in this, we perform task of  comparison using lambda, and filter() used lambda function to get required characters.

Python3

# Python3 code to demonstrate working of
# Extract range  characters from String
# Using filter() + lambda + join()

# initializing string
test_str = 'geekforgeeks is best'

# printing original string
print("The original string is : " + str(test_str))

# initializing range letters
strt, end = "f", "s"

# join() to get result in string
res = ''.join(list(filter(lambda chr : chr >= strt and chr <= end, test_str)))

# printing result
print("Extracted String : " + str(res))

Output

The original string is : geekforgeeks is best
Extracted String : gkforgksiss