"string difference " - how to remove a certain substring from a string obtaining the rest

Question

If you had two strings,

string1 = "Rahul 123 Mumbai Shivani 234 Mumbai Akash 345 Mumbai Rahul 456 Bangalore"

string2 = "Rahul 123 Mumbai"

How do you find out the difference?

As in, the final output should be -

"Shivani 234 Mumbai Akash 345 Mumbai Rahul 456 Bangalore"

I tried using str.strip(), but it's giving me incorrect answers.

I need that output though, what is the operation called then? — user10141156, Aug 21 '18 at 16:22
Your question is still ambiguous but you might just be looking for `string1.replace(string2, '').strip()` or maybe `string1.strip(string2)` — pault, Aug 21 '18 at 16:24

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 21 '18 at 16:24

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You could try

string1.replace(string2, '').strip()

answered Aug 21 '18 at 16:24

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