Replace function isn't working anymore on String in Python

Question

s = "AMCDEFGHI"
s.replace('A','X')
print(s)

Output: "AMCDEFGHI"

Could anyone please let me know if developers have extracted this functionality.

Duplicate: [String replace doesn't appear to be working](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26943256/string-replace-doesnt-appear-to-be-working) — wjandrea, Apr 10 '20 at 04:15

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 10 '20 at 04:14

1

Strings are immutable, you need to assign the value return by replace to new string

s = "AMCDEFGHI"
s = s.replace('A','X')
print(s)

answered Apr 10 '20 at 04:14

Nandu Raj

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 10 '20 at 04:14

0

Strings in Python are immutable, so you will have to reassign s to the replace call in order for it to stick:

s = "AMCDEFGHI"
s = s.replace('A','X')
print(s)

This prints:

XMCDEFGHI

answered Apr 10 '20 at 04:14

Tim Biegeleisen

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 10 '20 at 04:16

0

use this instead

    s = "AMCDEFGHI"
    s=s.replace('A','X')
    print(s)

answered Apr 10 '20 at 04:16

Ayush

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 10 '20 at 04:20

0

you need to assign it to s

s = "AMCDEFGHI"
s=s.replace('A','X')
print(s)

result is XMCDEFGHI

answered Apr 10 '20 at 04:20

Gerry P

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