Python String translate() Method

Given a string, translate replaces characters in that string with other characters as specified in the supplied "translation" and returns the new string. A translation is simply a map of characters, and the characters to those characters with.

One would typically use the maketrans method to create the translation map.

Syntax

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string.translate(map)

Parameters

Parameter	Description
`map`	Required. The map containing the characters to replace with their replacements

Example

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src = 'Hi Marc!'
translation = src.maketrans('Marc', 'Kyra')
translated = src.translate(translation)
print(translated)

Output

Hi Kyra!