Python String – Replace all occurrences
In Python, you can use the str.replace() method to replace all occurrences of a substring in a string.
The syntax to use replace() function is
result_string = original_string.replace(old_string, new_string)
where the replace() function uses replaces all occurrences of old_string with the new_string string in original_string.
Example to replace all occurrences
In this program, we are given a string in original_string, and we need to replace all the occurrences of "apple" with "banana" using string replace() function.
Python Program
original_string = "apple is a fruit. apple is good."
old_string = "apple"
new_string = "banana"
# Replace all the occurrences
result_string = original_string.replace(old_string, new_string)
print(result_string)
Run Code CopyOutput
banana is a fruit. banana is good.
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