python - removing first x-characters from keys in a dictionary

Question

So I have a dictionary in the like of:

 {'xxx.name1':'value1', 'xxx.name2':'value2',...}

I want to remove the first 4 characters in the keys (i.e. the characters 'xxx.').

What is the cleanest way to do this?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65886957/removing-first-x-characters-from-keys-in-a-dictionary

Answer 1

result = {k.replace("xxx.", ""): v for k, v in source.items()}