[Tutor] How to find a word in a string

[Phil]

On 4/5/21 5:51 pm, Peter Otten wrote:
> but there's also str.translate() to deal with multiple (character)
> replacements simultaneously:

Thank you Peter, I wasn't aware of the translate or maketrans functions. 
The problem is, as you say, how would I differentiate between hyphenated 
words and the negative symbol?

I'll do some research into these functions tomorrow.

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Regards,
Phil