How to replace or remove a word in a string in python ?

Examples of how to replace or remove a word in a string in python:

Create a string in python

Let's first create a string in python

sentence = "Hello How are you today ?"

Replace or remove a word in a string

To replace or remove a word in a string, a solution is to use replace()

sentence = sentence.replace('Hello', "Hi")

print(sentence)

gives

Hi How are you today ?

Note that

sentence = sentence.replace('How are you today', "What's up")

print(sentence)

gives

Hi What's up ?

To remove a work, a solution is to replace it by nothing:

sentence = "Hello How are you today ?"

sentence = sentence.replace('Hello', "")

print(sentence)

gives

 How are you today ?

Note: to remove leading whitespaces:

sentence = sentence.strip()

print(sentence)

gives

How are you today ?

References

• str.replace()
• Python String replace() Method