replace() is an inbuilt function in Python programming language that returns a copy of the string where all occurrences of a substring is replaced with another substring.
Syntax :
string.replace(old, new, count)
Parameters :
old – old substring you want to replace.
new – new substring which would replace the old substring.count – the number of times you want to replace the old substring with the new substring. (Optional )
Return Value :
It returns a copy of the string where all occurrences of a substring is replaced with another substring.
Below is the code demonstrating replace() :
# 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)) |
Output :
Geeks for Geeks Geeks Geeks Geeks GeeksforGeeks for GeeksforGeeks GeeksforGeeks geeks geeks
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