How can I remove substring of a value in dictionary in Python

Question

I have a dictionary in python and I have to remove specific substring of a value:

dict1 = {'property': 'contents and properties', 'content': 'content metaData creationdate21023415:22:24creationdate metaDataend headingContent headingContent metaData creationDate22102312:02:05creationDate metaDataend DirContent DirContent'}

I have to remove the substring associated with key 'content'. In that, I want to remove from metaData to metaDataend, and every time there is a re-occurrence of metaData in the same string, I want to remove that as well.

Expected End result:

{'property': 'contents and properties', 'content': 'content headingContent headingContent DirContent DirContent'}

I have made some changes in the original question. I am figuring out how to do that. — Adil, Mar 19 '16 at 19:28
That isn't a question. SO isn't a tutorial service, please learn [ask]. — jonrsharpe, Mar 19 '16 at 19:30
The question is, how do I remove specific substring of a particular value in a dictionary. — Adil, Mar 19 '16 at 19:32
And the answer is: you write some code to do it. This is neither a code-writing nor tutorial service, put some effort in yourself. — jonrsharpe, Mar 19 '16 at 19:34
You're entitled to your opinion and I'm sure that your four whole days here have really informed that perspective. Please read the [help/on-topic]. — jonrsharpe, Mar 19 '16 at 19:39

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:59

I agree with jonrsharpe that this is not a place for asking people to do coding on your behalf. But in case you have no idea on which way to head with your problem, here are some hints you could look at:

You can use this to iterate your dictionary (splitting it into key and content):

for key, item in dict.iteritems():
    print "key:", key, " item:", item

That you could have found from this old question: Iterating over dictionaries using 'for' loops

Next you will have to find where the words metaData and metaDataend exist in the "item". This you can do with the help of another older question: find position of a substring in a string

Then all you need to do is some slicing, which is described in this question: Explain Python's slice notation

How can I remove substring of a value in dictionary in Python

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