如何从字符串中删除一个短语而不是单个单词

Question

It is resolved , that was a lack of attention on my part. report = report.replace('contact sales', '') works since replace returns the new string and does not alter the original.

I want to remove some

contact sales

instances from a string but I do not want to remove

contact

or

sales

if they exist individually.

I tried: report.replace('contact sales', '') but it did not work. It detects the phrase but does not remove it. How do I get this done?

Answer 1

You can get this done by redefining the variable when replacing instances.

For example:

report = report.replace('contact sales', '')

The logic behind it is that the replace() function does not modify the string in place, it creates a new string with the replaced instances. That's why you need to redefine it.