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Python String replace() Method
Description:
This method returns a copy of the string in which the occurrences of old have been replaced with new, optionally restricting the number of
replacements to max
Syntax:
str.replace(old, new[, max])
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Parameters:
Here is the detail of parameters:
old: old substring to be replaced.
new: new substring which would replace old substring.
max: if the optional argument max is given, only the first count occurrences are replaced.
Return Value:
It returns a copy of the string with all occurrences of substring old replaced by new. If the optional argument max is given, only the first count occurrences are replaced.
Example:
#!/usr/bin/python
str = "this is string example....wow!!! this is really string";
print str.replace("is", "was");
print str.replace("is", "was", 3);
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This will produce following result:
thwas was string example....wow!!! thwas was really string
thwas was string example....wow!!! thwas is really string
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