python replace string in string code example

Example 1: replace url with text python

import re
text = re.sub('http[s]?://(?:[a-zA-Z]|[0-9]|[$-_@.&+]|[!*\(\),]|(?:%[0-9a-fA-F][0-9a-fA-F]))'+, '', text, flags=re.MULTILINE)

Example 2: python replace letters in string

my_text = 'Aello world'
my_text = my_text.replace(my_text[0], 'H')
print (my_text)

Example 3: python replace char in string

# Python3 program to demonstrate the  
# use of replace() method   
  
string = "geeks for geeks geeks geeks geeks" 
   
# Prints the string by replacing geeks by Geeks  
print(string.replace("geeks", "Geeks"))  
  
# Prints the string by replacing only 3 occurrence of Geeks   
print(string.replace("geeks", "GeeksforGeeks", 3))

Example 4: python split string in characters

s = "foobar"
list(s)
['f', 'o', 'o', 'b', 'a', 'r']

Example 5: python replace string

# string.replace(old, new, count),  no import is necessary
text = "Apples taste Good."
print(text.replace('Apples', 'Bananas'))          # use .replace() on a variable
Bananas taste Good.          <---- Output

print("Have a Bad Day!".replace("Bad","Good"))    # Use .replace() on a string
Have a Good Day!             <----- Output

print("Mom is happy!".replace("Mom","Dad").replace("happy","angry"))  #Use many times
Dad is angry!                <----- Output

Example 6: python replace "\" for "/"

my_string = r'\\ServerA\DriveB\5.FolderC\A.TXT'
my_string = my_string.replace('\\', '/')