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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst index 8064785178c..ee851706055 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst @@ -105,6 +105,16 @@ Merge (``|``) and update (``|=``) operators have been added to the built-in :class:`dict` class. See :pep:`584` for a full description. (Contributed by Brandt Bucher in :issue:`36144`.) +PEP 616: New removeprefix() and removesuffix() string methods +------------------------------------------------------------- + +:meth:`str.removeprefix(prefix)<str.removeprefix>` and +:meth:`str.removesuffix(suffix)<str.removesuffix>` have been added +to easily remove an unneeded prefix or a suffix from a string. Corresponding +``bytes``, ``bytearray``, and ``collections.UserString`` methods have also been +added. See :pep:`616` for a full description. (Contributed by Dennis Sweeney in +:issue:`18939`.) + Other Language Changes ====================== |