Removing a fixed word from a list of strings?

Question

I have a list of strings like this:

string_list=["abcdefg","qwrbcdqqq","ophdkjhfkbcd","jdfkvndn"]

Notice that a word exists in some of them (here bcd) but the location of this word is not fixed and changes in each string. Now how do I remove this word from those strings if I know what the word is?

Edit: Target list is:

target_list=["aefg","qwrqqq","ophdkjhfk","jdfkvndn"]

Please clarify your desired output; two of us got different ideas. — Prune, Aug 07 '18 at 16:32
I agree this is ambiguous - I read the request as substring removal but it could equally be whole string removal. — AChampion, Aug 07 '18 at 16:33
@AChampion: On re-reading this, I hope you're correct from a linguistic standpoint; but if you are, then this shouldn't have been posted in the first place. — Prune, Aug 07 '18 at 16:35
Down-votes for the question and up-votes for answers! Please tell me what's wrong with my question that needs down-voting? — Gudarzi, Aug 07 '18 at 16:42

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 07 '18 at 16:31

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You can iterate over the list and .replace('bcd', ''), e.g.:

In []: [s.replace('bcd', '') for s in string_list]
Out[]: ['aefg', 'qwrqqq', 'ophdkjhfk', 'jdfkvndn']

answered Aug 07 '18 at 16:31

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 07 '18 at 16:31

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string_list = [temp.replace('bcd','') for temp in string_list]

answered Aug 07 '18 at 16:31

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how's it really different from Champion's answer??? – Inder Aug 07 '18 at 16:38
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we answered as the same time – mad_ Aug 07 '18 at 16:39
okay upvote u will get 1000 repo :) – Inder Aug 07 '18 at 16:39

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 07 '18 at 16:31

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Make a new list of those words which do not include the target substring.

target = "bcd"
new_list = [word for word in string_list if not target in word]

answered Aug 07 '18 at 16:31

Prune

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Removing a fixed word from a list of strings?

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