delete certain parts of a string up to the index python code example

Example: delete index in a string python3

string = 'abcdefghi'

# Removing the 3rd idx:

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# Method 1:
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arr = list(string)

arr.pop(3)

string = ''.join(arr)

# string is now => 'abcefghi'

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# Method 2:
#-----------------------------------

string = string[:3] + string[4:]
# string[:idx_to_remove] + string[idx_to_remove_plus_1:]

# string is now => 'abcefghi'