How to strip a specific word from a string?
Use str.replace.
>>> papa.replace('papa', '')' is a good man'>>> app.replace('papa', '')'app is important'Alternatively use re and use regular expressions. This will allow the removal of leading/trailing spaces.
>>> import re>>> papa = 'papa is a good man'>>> app = 'app is important'>>> papa3 = 'papa is a papa, and papa'>>>>>> patt = re.compile('(\s*)papa(\s*)')>>> patt.sub('\\1mama\\2', papa)'mama is a good man'>>> patt.sub('\\1mama\\2', papa3)'mama is a mama, and mama'>>> patt.sub('', papa3)'is a, and'