Python string basics

strings.py

""" looks for the string: '@user ' in the string message and removes all occurrences"""
def remove_user_from_message(msg, user):
	p = re.compile('@'+user+'\s+')
	return p.subn('', msg)[0]


"""
indexOf and substring are done like this:
index_of = find
s.substring(1,5) = s[1:5]
"""