string.replace doesn't removes ":"

[jmfauth]

On 13 fév, 21:24, 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88... at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Rick Johnson於 2013年2月14日星期四UTC+8上午12時34分11秒寫道：
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> > On Wednesday, February 13, 2013 1:10:14 AM UTC-6, jmfauth wrote:
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> > > >>> d = {ord('a'): 'A', ord('b'): '2', ord('c'): 'C'}
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> > > >>> 'abcdefgabc'.translate(d)
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> > > 'A2CdefgA2C'
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> > > >>> def jmTranslate(s, table):
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> > > ...     table = {ord(k):table[k] for k in table}
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> > > ...     return s.translate(table)
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> > > ...
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> > > >>> d = {'a': 'A', 'b': '2', 'c': 'C'}
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> > > >>> jmTranslate('abcdefgabc', d)
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> > > 'A2CdefgA2C'
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> > > >>> d = {'a': None, 'b': None, 'c': None}
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> > > >>> jmTranslate('abcdefgabc', d)
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> > > 'defg'
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> > > >>> d = {'a': '€€€€€', 'b': '€€€€', 'c': '€€€€'}
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> > > >>> jmTranslate('abcdefgabc', d)
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> > > '€€€€€€€€€€€€€defg€€€€€€€€€€€€€'
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> In python the variables of value types, and the variables of lists and
> dictionaries are passed to functions somewhat different.
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> This should be noticed by any serious programmer in python.

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The purpose of my quick and dirty fct was to
show it's possible to create a text replacement
fct which is using exclusively text / strings
via a dict. (Even if in my exemple, I'm using
- and can use - None as an empty string !)


You are right.

It is also arguable, that beeing forced to have
to use a number in order to replace a character,
may not be a so good idea.

This should be noticed by any serious language designer.

More seriously.
.translate() is a very nice and underestimated method.

jmf