Hello in this tutorial, we will understand the string replace() method in python programming.
1. Introduction
replace() method in python programming returns a copy of a string where all occurrences of a substring are replaced by the new string. The method also accepts an optional count argument only if the first count occurrences are to be replaced.
1 | my_string.replace(old_string, new_string, count) |
where,
- old_string – Represents the substring you want to replace
- new_string – Represents the new substring which would replace the old_string
- count – Number of times to process the replace
1.1 Setting up Python
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2. Python String replace Method
I am using JetBrains PyCharm as my preferred IDE. You are free to choose the IDE of their choice.
2.1 String Replace Example
Let us understand this with the help of a code snippet.
String replace in Python
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 | # replace() methodstring = 'one one is a fastest animal, two two was one too.'print('Original string = {}'.format(string))print('\n')# prints the string by replacing one by threeprint(string.replace('one', 'three'))print('\n')# prints the string by replacing only 3 occurrences of onecount = 2print(string.replace('one', 'three', count)) |
If everything goes well the following output will be shown in the IDE console.
Console Output
1 2 3 | Original string = one one is a fastest animal, two two was one too.three three is a fastest animal, two two was three too.three three is a fastest animal, two two was one too. |
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3. Summary
In this tutorial, we learned:
- An introduction to
replace()method in the python programming language - Sample program to understand the
replace()in the python programming language
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