Python String Editing

Question

My Initial String consists of  and some contents in between and a </span , I would like to remove that piece(including span and contents inside it and /span) from my string , what should I do ?

Part of String that need to be Removed : "</span

I would like to remove that whole piece mentioned above

The quick way would be s = s.replace('','').replace('',''). — Tim Roberts
– Tim Roberts, Commented Sep 17, 2021 at 5:49
@TimRoberts It Didn't Worked :(,it returned the same old string — SimpleGuy_
– SimpleGuy_, Commented Sep 17, 2021 at 5:52
@PCM yeah by that most part of the span thing removed,but some part is till there like mentioned below — SimpleGuy_
– SimpleGuy_, Commented Sep 17, 2021 at 5:58

Алексей Р · Accepted Answer · 2021-09-17 07:06:31Z

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import re

txt = 'Iam a good boy <span>some blahblahblah </span</span and my name is john'
print(re.sub(r'<span>.*</span</span ', '', txt))

Prints:

Iam a good boy and my name is john

to the updated question

import re

txt = """<span class="_5mfr"><span class="_6qdm" style='height: 16px; width: 16px; font-size: 16px; background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t81/1/16/")+14 variable strings+</span></span"""
print(re.sub(r'<span [^<>]*?</span>?</span', '', txt))
# prints: <span class="_5mfr">

edited Sep 17, 2021 at 7:06

answered Sep 17, 2021 at 6:00

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Navaneeth Sen Over a year ago

Did this work with the string you updated in your question? I don't think the accepted answer solves for the current string.

SimpleGuy_ Over a year ago

Yeah,This Didn't Worked,I was using Except block with the program and I thought that problem had solved

Navaneeth Sen Over a year ago

Did you try this one stackoverflow.com/a/69218568/449378 ?

U13-Forward · Accepted Answer · 2021-09-17 06:17:24Z

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Use BeautifulSoup:

from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
soup = BeautifulSoup(string, 'html.parser')
for x in soup.findAll('span'):
    x.replace_with('')
print(soup.string)

edited Sep 17, 2021 at 6:17

answered Sep 17, 2021 at 6:02

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SimpleGuy_ Over a year ago

It's not by me,Bro It's somebody Else

U13-Forward Over a year ago

@SimpleGuy_ Ah! yeap! Hope it works for you!

SimpleGuy_ Over a year ago

Anyway,I've changed my question a little bit so that my aim is clear to everyone

U13-Forward Over a year ago

@SimpleGuy_ Added working code, this is much more consistent

U13-Forward Over a year ago

@SimpleGuy_ Great!

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Navaneeth Sen · Accepted Answer · 2021-09-17 08:00:45Z

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You can replace everything found by the regex as shown below:

import re

regex = r"(<span.+?>)|(<\/span>)"

test_str = "<span class=\\\"_5mfr\\\"><span class=\\\"_6qdm\\\" style='height: 16px; width: 16px; font-size: 16px; background-image: url(\\\"static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t81/1/16/…\\\")'>© Dasamoolam Damu (Troll Malayalam)ഹൗ ക്രൂവൽ<span class=\\\"_5mfr\\\"><span class=\\\"_6qdm\\\" style='height: 16px; width: 16px; font-size: 16px; background-image: url(\\\"static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/td7/1/16/…\\\")'></span></span></span></span>"

print(re.sub(regex, '', test_str))

edited Sep 17, 2021 at 8:00

answered Sep 17, 2021 at 6:16

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