newbie problem with str.replace

[Anthony Tolle]

On Aug 4, 9:10 am, BobAalsma <bob.aal... at aalsmacons.nl> wrote:
>                         #
>                         bestandsnaam_nieuw = bestandsnaam
>                         bestandsnaam_nieuw.replace(KLANTNAAM_OUT,KLANTNAAM_IN)

The replace method does not modify the string (strings are immutable).

You need to use the retun value of the method in an assignment, like
so:

bestandsnaam_nieuw = bestandsnaam.replace(KLANTNAAM_OUT,KLANTNAAM_IN)

This will not change the value of bestandsnaam