python 从包含特定表达式的字符串中删除特定行

Question

i have the following string/text

streets_and_names = '''
#
street 49
 description someone lives there
 name Paul
#
street 51
 description no one lives there
 name no name
#
street 43
 description someone lives there
 name Mark
#
street 42
 description no one lives there
 name no name
#
'''

and i would like to get an output by removing the following lines from it

 description no one lives there
 name no name

and keeping the rest as it is.

does anyone has any idea?

thank you.

Answer 1

If your example was literal and just did res = streets_and_names.replace(' description no one lives there\n name no name', '') , you would get the result you want.

result:

'''
#
street 49
 description someone lives there
 name Paul
#
street 51
#
street 43
 description someone lives there
 name Mark
#
street 42
#
'''