HELP: String manipulation question from a newbie

[Aahz Maruch]

In article <woTm5.6423$6E.1523573 at ptah.visi.com>,
Grant Edwards <ge at nowhere.none> wrote:
>In article <399ABB08.85FF4B12 at VerizonWireless.com>, Bill Scherer wrote:
>>
>>import string
>>URL = string.replace(URL, 'body_', '')
>
>He only wanted to replace the first occurrence. string.replace()
>replaces all occurrences.

In that case:

URL = string.replace(URL, 'body_', '', 1)

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