## strInput = "cab12" ## Example 1 ## strInput = "xy99" ## Example 2 strInput = "pa1erl" ## Example 3 arrInput = list(strInput) while len([charLoop for charLoop in arrInput if charLoop.isdigit()]) > 0: nFirstNumDigit = [nIndx for nIndx, charLoop in enumerate(arrInput) if charLoop.isdigit()][0] if nFirstNumDigit == 0: break del arrInput[nFirstNumDigit] del arrInput[nFirstNumDigit - 1] print ("".join(arrInput))