Feb 26, 2012 · The string.replace() is deprecated on python 3.x. What is the new way of doing this?

118 In order to replace text using regular expression use the re.sub function: sub (pattern, repl, string [, count, flags]) It will replace non-everlaping instances of pattern by the text passed as …

I would like to use the .replace function to replace multiple strings. I currently have string.replace("condition1", "") but would like to have something like …

Dec 21, 2022 · I would suggest to use a regular expression instead of a simple replace. With a replace you have the risk that subparts of words are replaced which is maybe not what you want.

For anyone else arriving here from Google search on how to do a string replacement on all columns (for example, if one has multiple columns like the OP's 'range' column): Pandas has a …

Mar 19, 2019 · If you're more interested in funcionality over time optimization, do not use replace. Also use translate if you don't know if the set of characters to be replaced overlaps the set of …

On the other hand, replace() is implemented in Python and uses a loop over the dictionary. So if the dictionary is large, replace can potentially be thousands of times slower than map + fillna.

Basically, I'm asking the user to input a string of text into the console, but the string is very long and includes many line breaks. How would I take the user's string and delete all line breaks to

5 Check the documentation. You can use example_string.replace(example_string[0], "b", 1) though it would be much more natural to use a slice to replace just the first character, as …

Mar 3, 2015 · In Python string literals, backslash is an escape character. This is also true when the interactive prompt shows you the value of a string. It will give you the literal code …