String replace() Method in Python 3
The replace() 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
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str.replace(old,
new[, max])
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Parameters
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old - This is old substring to be replaced.
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new - This is new substring, which would replace
old substring.
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max - If this optional argument max is given, only
the first count occurrences are replaced.
Return Value
This method 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
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#!/usr/bin/python3
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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Result
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thwas
was string example....wow!!! thwas was really string
thwas
was string example....wow!!! thwas is really string
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