This Python code helps you to
- to replace a string between two delimiters or characters
- delete/remove string between two characters or delimiters
Python code to replace string between two delimiters
# This macro replaces nivas in below string with silveri
string = "sri[nivas]"
firstDelPos=string.find("[") # get the position of [
secondDelPos=string.find("]") # get the position of ]
stringAfterReplace = string.replace(string[firstDelPos+1:secondDelPos], "silveri") # replace the string between two delimiters
print stringAfterReplace # print the string after sub string between dels is replaced
Python code to delete/remove string between two characters/delimiters
Replace 5th line of above code with below one
stringAfterReplace = string.replace(string[firstDelPos+1:secondDelPos], "") # remove the string between two delimiters
Note: This code works in both Python 2 and 3
Read below post if you want to get/find sub string between two delimiters/characters within a string
https://gethowstuff.com/python-script-extract-string-two-delimiters/
