Question

How can i slice a string comparing with my list.

string = "how to dye my brunet hair to blonde? "
list = ['how', 'how to',...]

I want the code to remove “how to” and print the rest.

 dye my brunet hair to blonde?

Any idea?

Answer 1

This should make sure the replacement is only done in the beginning. Not terribly efficient, though. It might help if it was clear what you wanted done.

string = "how to dye my brunet hair to blonde? "
list = ['how', 'how to',"bananas"]
list.sort(key=len,reverse=True)  # sort by decreasing length

for sample in string, "bananas taste swell", "how do you do?":
  for beginning in list:
    if sample.startswith(beginning):
      print sample[len(beginning):]
      break
  else:   # None of the beginnings matched
    print sample