# coding=utf8
# the above tag defines encoding for this document and is for Python 2.x compatibility
import re
regex = r"(i have |we have )(a |[0-9]* )(piece|shipment)"
test_str = ("i have 2 pieces at\n"
"we have 1 piece at\n"
"i have 3 pies\n"
"3 pieces at\n"
"i have a piece at\n"
"we have 12 pieces.\n\n"
"i have 5 shipments at\n"
"i have 2 pieces at 40 kg ready to drop now!!\n"
"have a shipment from")
subst = ""
# You can manually specify the number of replacements by changing the 4th argument
result = re.sub(regex, subst, test_str, 0, re.MULTILINE)
if result:
print (result)
# Note: for Python 2.7 compatibility, use ur"" to prefix the regex and u"" to prefix the test string and substitution.
Please keep in mind that these code samples are automatically generated and are not guaranteed to work. If you find any syntax errors, feel free to submit a bug report. For a full regex reference for Python, please visit: https://docs.python.org/3/library/re.html