Python String replace() Method
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Description
The method replace() 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
Following is the syntax for replace() method −
str.replace(old, new[, max])
Parameters
old − This is old substring to be replaced.
new − This is new substring, which would replace old substring.
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
The following example shows the usage of replace() method.
Live Demo
#!/usr/bin/python
str = "this is string example....wow!!! this is really string"
print str.replace("is", "was")
print str.replace("is", "was", 3)
When we run above program, it produces following result −
thwas was string example....wow!!! thwas was really string thwas was string example....wow!!! thwas is really string
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