numpy.strings.replace#
- strings.replace(a,old,new,count=-1)[source]#
For each element in
a
, return a copy of the string withoccurrences of substringold
replaced bynew
.- Parameters:
- aarray_like, with
bytes_
orstr_
dtype - old, newarray_like, with
bytes_
orstr_
dtype - countarray_like, with
int_
dtype If the optional argument
count
is given, only the firstcount
occurrences are replaced.
- aarray_like, with
- Returns:
- outndarray
Output array of
StringDType
,bytes_
orstr_
dtype,depending on input types
See also
Examples
>>>importnumpyasnp>>>a=np.array(["That is a mango","Monkeys eat mangos"])>>>np.strings.replace(a,'mango','banana')array(['That is a banana', 'Monkeys eat bananas'], dtype='<U19')
>>>a=np.array(["The dish is fresh","This is it"])>>>np.strings.replace(a,'is','was')array(['The dwash was fresh', 'Thwas was it'], dtype='<U19')
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