How to replace a letter in a string Python code example

Example 1: python replace letters in string

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

Example 2: 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 3: replace character in string python

>>> x = 'xpple bxnxnx cherry'
>>> a = x.replace(x,a)  # replaces x with a
'apple banana cherry'

>>> first_a = x.replace(x,a,1)  # only replaces first a
'apple bxnxnx cherry'

Example 4: 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 5: python change character in string

mytext = 'Hello Zorld'
mytext = mytext.replace('Z', 'W')
print mytext,

Example 6: replace characters in string python

>>> a = '&#'
>>> print a.replace('&', r'\&')
\&#
>>> print a.replace('#', r'\#')
&\#
>>>