PHP's str_replace ?

[Anjanesh Lekshminarayanan]

In PHP, if I do
str_replace(arr ay('a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u'), '-', $str)
it'll replace all vowels with a hyphen in string $str.

Is there some equivalent in Python ?

Thanks

[Grzegorz Staniak]

Re: PHP's str_replace ?

On 10.09.2008, Anjanesh Lekshminarayana n <mail@anjanesh. netwroted:

In PHP, if I do
str_replace(arr ay('a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u'), '-', $str)
it'll replace all vowels with a hyphen in string $str.
>
Is there some equivalent in Python ?

The .translate() method of strings?

>>import string
>>mystr = "This is just a test"
>>transtable = string.maketran s("aeiouy","------")
>>mystr.transla te(transtable)

'Th-s -s j-st - t-st'


GS
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[Matthias Huening]

Re: PHP's str_replace ?

Anjanesh Lekshminarayana n (10.09.2008 15:50):

In PHP, if I do
str_replace(arr ay('a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u'), '-', $str)
it'll replace all vowels with a hyphen in string $str.
>
Is there some equivalent in Python ?

What about something like this:

import re
new_str = re.sub('([aeiou])-', r'\1', str)


Matthias

[Matthias Huening]

Re: PHP's str_replace ?

Matthias Huening (10.09.2008 16:07):

Anjanesh Lekshminarayana n (10.09.2008 15:50):

>In PHP, if I do
>str_replace(ar ray('a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u'), '-', $str)
>it'll replace all vowels with a hyphen in string $str.
>>
>Is there some equivalent in Python ?

>
What about something like this:
>
import re
new_str = re.sub('([aeiou])-', r'\1', str)
>

Sorry - I misinterpreted your question.
Try this instead:

import re
new_str = re.sub('[aeiou]', '-', str)


matthias

[Grzegorz Staniak]

Re: PHP's str_replace ?

On 10.09.2008, Anjanesh Lekshminarayana n <mail@anjanesh. netwroted:

In PHP, if I do
str_replace(arr ay('a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u'), '-', $str)
it'll replace all vowels with a hyphen in string $str.
>
Is there some equivalent in Python ?

The .translate() method of strings?

>>import string
>>mystr = "This is just a test"
>>transtable = string.maketran s("aeiouy","------")
>>mystr.transla te(transtable)

'Th-s -s j-st - t-st'

GS
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Grzegorz Staniak <gstaniak _at_ wp [dot] pl>
Nocturnal Infiltration and Accurate Killing

[Anjanesh Lekshminarayanan]

Re: PHP's str_replace ?

Matthias Huening wrote:

Matthias Huening (10.09.2008 16:07):

>Anjanesh Lekshminarayana n (10.09.2008 15:50):

>>In PHP, if I do
>>str_replace(a rray('a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u'), '-', $str)
>>it'll replace all vowels with a hyphen in string $str.
>>>
>>Is there some equivalent in Python ?

>>
>What about something like this:
>>
>import re
>new_str = re.sub('([aeiou])-', r'\1', str)
>>

>
Sorry - I misinterpreted your question.
Try this instead:
>
import re
new_str = re.sub('[aeiou]', '-', str)

Wow - this is neat. Thanks

[Christian Heimes]

Re: PHP's str_replace ?

Anjanesh Lekshminarayana n wrote:

>import re
>new_str = re.sub('[aeiou]', '-', str)

Wow - this is neat. Thanks

But probably slower and definitely harder to understand. For simple
problems the str methods are usually faster than a regular expression.

Christian

[David Thole]

Re: PHP's str_replace ?

On Sep 10, 12:20 pm, Christian Heimes <li...@cheimes. dewrote:

Anjanesh Lekshminarayana n wrote:

import re
new_str = re.sub('[aeiou]', '-', str)

Wow - this is neat. Thanks

>
But probably slower and definitely harder to understand. For simple
problems the str methods are usually faster than a regular expression.
>
Christian

It's true that regular expressions are generally slower, but I
disagree that it's hard to understand. When dealing with text, I
think it's an absolute must that programmers know about regular
expressions. I think this here is an example where even str_replace
in Python wouldn't have worked well.

-David

http://www.thedarktrumpet.com

[Grzegorz Staniak]

Re: PHP's str_replace ?

On 10.09.2008, David Thole <dthole@gmail.c omwroted:

>new_str = re.sub('[aeiou]', '-', str)
Wow - this is neat. Thanks

>>
>But probably slower and definitely harder to understand. For simple
>problems the str methods are usually faster than a regular expression.

>
It's true that regular expressions are generally slower, but I
disagree that it's hard to understand. When dealing with text, I
think it's an absolute must that programmers know about regular
expressions. I think this here is an example where even str_replace
in Python wouldn't have worked well.

What about mystring.transl ate(transtable) ?

GS
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