{"id":2940,"date":"2023-10-19T13:50:11","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T08:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/python-programs.com\/?p=2940"},"modified":"2023-11-10T11:48:53","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T06:18:53","slug":"python-how-to-replace-single-or-multiple-characters-in-a-string","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/python-programs.com\/python-how-to-replace-single-or-multiple-characters-in-a-string\/","title":{"rendered":"Python : How to Replace Single or Multiple Characters in a String ?"},"content":{"rendered":"
A string is a series of characters.<\/p>\n
A character is nothing more than a representation of something. For example, the English language has 26 characters.
\nComputers do not work with characters, but rather with numbers (binary). Despite the fact that you see characters on your screen, they are internally stored and manipulated as a series of 0s and 1s.
\nEncoding is the process of converting a character to a number, and decoding is the reverse process. ASCII and Unicode are two of the most common encodings.
\nIn Python, a string is a sequence of Unicode characters.. Unicode was created to include every character in all languages and to bring encoding uniformity. Python Unicode can teach you everything you need to know about Unicode.<\/p>\n
Examples:<\/strong><\/p>\n Input:<\/strong><\/p>\n Output:<\/strong><\/p>\n There are several ways to replace single or multiple characters in a String of them are:<\/p>\n Python has a string.replace() function<\/p>\n Syntax:<\/strong><\/p>\n It returns a new string object that is a copy of the existing string with the content replaced. In addition, if count is not provided, it will return a string with all occurrences of \u2018old’ replaced with \u2018new’ string. Assume we have a string, and now replace all occurrences of \u2018e’ with \u2018q’.<\/p>\n Below is the implementation:<\/p>\n Output:<\/strong><\/p>\n Because strings are immutable in Python, we can’t change their contents. As a result, member functions such as replace() produce a new string.<\/p>\n Suppose we want to replace character ‘e’ with ‘q000’ for first 2 i.e n occurrences then,<\/p>\n Output:<\/strong><\/p>\n The string.replace() function can only replace occurrences of a single substring.<\/p>\n But what if we need to replace multiple substrings within the same string?<\/p>\n To replace all occurrences of these three characters ‘e’, ‘h’, and ‘i’ with the string ‘##’ let us write a new function that extends replace().<\/p>\n Below is the implementation:<\/p>\n Output:<\/strong><\/p>\n A string is a series of characters. A character is nothing more than a representation of something. For example, the English language has 26 characters. Computers do not work with characters, but rather with numbers (binary). Despite the fact that you see characters on your screen, they are internally stored and manipulated as a series …<\/p>\nstring=\"Hello this is BTechGeeks\" oldstring='e' replacestring='q'<\/pre>\n
Hqllo this is BTqchGqqks<\/pre>\n
Replace Single or Multiple Characters in a String<\/h2>\n
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string.replace(old, new , count)<\/code><\/p>\n
\nIf the count parameter is supplied, it will return a string with the first ‘count’ occurrences of the ‘old’ string replaced with the ‘new’ string.<\/p>\nReplace all instances of a character or string in a string:<\/h3>\n
# Function which replaces the string\r\ndef replaceMultipleString(string, oldstring, replacestring):\r\n # using replace\r\n resultstring = string.replace(oldstring, replacestring)\r\n\r\n # return the final string\r\n return resultstring\r\n\r\n\r\n# Driver code\r\n# given string\r\nstring = \"Hello this is BTechGeeks\"\r\n# string which needs to be replaced\r\noldstring = 'e'\r\n# replacing string\/new string\r\nreplacestring = 'q'\r\n# passing these strings to replaceMultipleString function\r\nprint(replaceMultipleString(string, oldstring, replacestring))\r\n<\/pre>\n
Hqllo this is BTqchGqqks<\/pre>\n
Replace the first n occurrences of a given character \/ substring in a string with another character \/ substring.<\/h3>\n
# Function which replaces the string\r\ndef replaceMultipleString(string, oldstring, replacestring):\r\n # using replace\r\n # providing count =2\r\n resultstring = string.replace(oldstring, replacestring, 2)\r\n\r\n # return the final string\r\n return resultstring\r\n\r\n\r\n# Driver code\r\n# given string\r\nstring = \"Hello this is BTechGeeks\"\r\n# string which needs to be replaced\r\noldstring = 'e'\r\n# replacing string\/new string\r\nreplacestring = 'q000'\r\n# passing these strings to replaceMultipleString function\r\nprint(replaceMultipleString(string, oldstring, replacestring))\r\n<\/pre>\n
Hq000llo this is BTq000chGeeks<\/pre>\n
Replace multiple strings\/characters in a string<\/h3>\n
# Function which replaces the string\r\ndef replaceMultipleString(string, oldstring, replacestring):\r\n # Traverse the old string which needs to be replaced\r\n for element in oldstring:\r\n # Check if string is in the original string\r\n if element in string:\r\n # Replace the string eith replacestring\r\n string = string.replace(element, replacestring)\r\n\r\n # return the final string\r\n return string\r\n\r\n\r\n# Driver code\r\n# given string\r\nstring = \"Hello this is BTechGeeks\"\r\n# string which needs to be replaced\r\noldstring = ['e', 'i', 'h']\r\n# replacing string\/new string\r\nreplacestring = '##'\r\n# passing these strings to replaceMultipleString function\r\nprint(replaceMultipleString(string, oldstring, replacestring))\r\n<\/pre>\n
H##llo t####s ##s BT##c##G####ks<\/pre>\n
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