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How to cut first characters until a special character found?


I have 100 lines where each line consists of some sentences.Each line starts with some characters followed by -rrb-.

How can I format the text so that each line actually starts after the -rrb-.

Line Example:

Lorem ipsum -lrb- dolor -rrb- sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nam quis dolor a sapien efficitur fermentum egestas ut elit. Nulla porttitor diam id orci bibendum volutpat. Quisque imperdiet euismod neque in efficitur.

I want for this and every line:

sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nam quis dolor a sapien efficitur fermentum egestas ut elit. Nulla porttitor diam id orci bibendum volutpat. Quisque imperdiet euismod neque in efficitur.

So I want to start this and every 100 lines from the word after -rrb- ( "sit" for this example).


Solution

  • just index it out:

    print(s[s.index('-rrb-')+6:])
    

    Output:

    sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nam quis dolor a sapien efficitur fermentum egestas ut elit. Nulla porttitor diam id orci bibendum volutpat. Quisque imperdiet euismod neque in efficitur.