How do I remove a character of strings in a list if it ends with (character)?

Question

Hello I am trying to remove the Character '+'

>>> a = ['eggs+', 'I don't want to remove this ', 'foo', 'spam+', 'bar+']
>>> a = [i[:-1] for i in a if i.ends with('+')]
>>> a
    ['eggs', 'spam', 'bar']
>>>

why are "I don't want to remove this" and the like getting removed and how do I just remove the '+' and leave every thing else like

>>>['eggs', 'I don't want to remove this ', 'foo', 'spam', 'bar']

Answer 1

Try this:

a = ['eggs+', 'I dont want to remove this ', 'foo', 'spam+', 'bar+']
a = [i[:-1] if i.endswith('+') else i for i in a]
a

['eggs', 'I dont want to remove this ', 'foo', 'spam', 'bar']

You had some syntax issues, the if else must come before the iteration.