Question

How to remove the last occurrence of a word from a string in Python

Answer 1

def removeLastOccurrenceOfAWordFromAString(s, word):
    # Find the position of the last occurrence of word in str
    pos = s.rfind(word)
 
    if pos == -1:
        return s
 
    s = s[:pos] + s[pos + len(word):]
 
    return s
 

s = "python c python c++ java python php";
word = "python"
 
print(removeLastOccurrenceOfAWordFromAString(s, word))



'''
run:

python c python c++ java  php

'''

 

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