How to remove certain characters from a string? [Python]

Question

Say i have a string called cool and cool is set to "cool°"

cool = "cool°"

how do i remove the degree symbol from the string?

Answer 1

Since strings are immutable, use the replace function to reassign cool

cool = "cool°"
cool = cool.replace("°","")
cool
'cool'

Answer 2

If they are at the end of the string use str.rstrip:

cool = "cool°"

cool = cool.rstrip("°")
print(cool)
cool