Here is my string '2018-01-31 05:29:37 | Jan Pong Lee | [Number of contacts]:1'
I would like to remove '| Jan Pong Lee |'. The name can have 2 or 4 words, is there a way to do that?
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I am still unsure about your requirements.. it is very much ambiguous. If you cant then give more input and expected outputMustofa Rizwan– Mustofa Rizwan2018-12-19 06:42:50 +00:00Commented Dec 19, 2018 at 6:42
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You can use this regex to match and replace it with empty string,
\|[^|]*\|
Explanation of this regex: This regex basically captures a | followed by any character (except |) zero or more times and finally captures a | character and then stops capturing and replaces all matched characters with empty string.
Here is the python code for same,
import re
s = '2018-01-31 05:29:37 | Jan Pong Lee | [Number of contacts]:1'
ret = re.sub(r'\|[^|]*\|', '', s)
print (ret)
Which prints the remaining string after removal of | Jan Pong Lee |. This will work no matter whatever number of words you have inside those pipes.
2018-01-31 05:29:37 [Number of contacts]:1
answered Dec 19, 2018 at 6:40
Pushpesh Kumar Rajwanshi
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Danni Peng
Thats very helpful!! thanks! May I know what does it mean?
Pushpesh Kumar Rajwanshi
@DanniPeng: Glad to help :) I have added explanation of what the regex does. Hope that helps. Let me know if you have any query further.
Danni Peng
I've read through the demo as well, it helps me solve the biggest problem of today. Thank you again!
Pushpesh Kumar Rajwanshi
Pleased to help. If my answer helped you, please consider marking it as accepted answer which may benefit users looking for a similar answer.
Here is solution:
old_str = '2018-01-31 05:29:37 | Jan Pong Lee | [Number of contacts]:1'
new_str = "{} | {}".format(old_str.split('|')[0], old_str.split('|')[2])
