string.replace doesn't removes ":"

[jmfauth]

On 13 fév, 06:26, Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohn... at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday, February 12, 2013 10:44:09 PM UTC-6, Rick Johnson wrote:
> > ============================================================
> >  REFERENCES:
> > ============================================================
> > [1]: Should string.replace handle list, tuple and dict
> > arguments in addition to strings?
>
> > py> string.replace(('a', 'b', 'c'), 'abcdefgabc')
> > 'defg'
> > [...]
>
> And here is a fine example of how a "global function architecture" can seriously warp your mind! Let me try that again!
>
> Hypothetical Examples:
>
> py> 'abcdefgabc'.replace(('a', 'b', 'c'), "")
> 'defg'
> py> 'abcdefgabc'.replace(['a', 'b', 'c'], "")
> 'defg'
> py> 'abcdefgabc'.replace({'a':'A', 'b':'2', 'c':'C'})
> 'A2CdefgA2C'
>
> Or, an alternative to passing dict where both old and new arguments accept the sequence:
>
> py> d = {'a':'A', 'b':'2', 'c':'C'}
> py> 'abcdefgabc'.replace(d.keys(), d.values())
> 'A2CdefgA2C'
>
> Nice thing about dict is you can control both sub-string and replacement-string on a case-by-case basis. But there is going to be a need to apply a single replacement string to a sequence of substrings; like the null string example provided by the OP.
>
> (hopefully there's no mistakes this time)

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>>> d = {ord('a'): 'A', ord('b'): '2', ord('c'): 'C'}
>>> 'abcdefgabc'.translate(d)
'A2CdefgA2C'
>>>
>>>
>>> def jmTranslate(s, table):
...     table = {ord(k):table[k] for k in table}
...     return s.translate(table)
...
>>> d = {'a': 'A', 'b': '2', 'c': 'C'}
>>> jmTranslate('abcdefgabc', d)
'A2CdefgA2C'
>>> d = {'a': None, 'b': None, 'c': None}
>>> jmTranslate('abcdefgabc', d)
'defg'
>>> d = {'a': '€€€€€', 'b': '€€€€', 'c': '€€€€'}
>>> jmTranslate('abcdefgabc', d)
'€€€€€€€€€€€€€defg€€€€€€€€€€€€€'
>>>


jmf