Definition
The replace() method replaces a specified phrase with another specified phrase. Note that all occurrences of the specified phrase will be replaced, if nothing is specified.
Syntax
string.replace(oldvalue, newvalue, count)
Parameters
Parameter | Description |
---|---|
oldvalue | Required. The string to search for |
newvalue | Required. The string to replace the old value with |
count | Optional. A number specifying how many occurrences of the old value you want to replace. Default is all occurrences |
Examples:
testStr = "Welcome to the PHP tutorials."
result = testStr.replace("PHP", "Python")
print(result)
# replacing all occurrence
testStr = "Welcome to the PHP tutorials. PHP is a scripting language."
result = testStr.replace("PHP", "Python")
print(result)
# replacing only the first 2 occurrence
testStr = "Welcome to the PHP tutorials. PHP is a PHP scripting language."
result = testStr.replace("PHP", "Python", 2)
print(result)