Python String replace() Method

Replaces all occurrences of the substring with a new string. The number of occurrences can also be specified.

Syntax

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string.replace(old, new, count = -1)

Parameters

Parameter	Description
`old`	Required. The string to search for
`new`	Required. The string to replace the old string with
`count`	Optional. The maximum number of times you want the replacement to occur. The default is -1 which means all occurrences of the old string are to be replaced by the new string.

Example

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str = 'The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog'
print(str.replace('fox', 'cow'))

str = 'Hello World'
print(str.replace('o', 'ow', 1)) # replace only the first 'o' with 'ow'

Output

The quick brown cow jumped over the lazy dog
Hellow World