string.Replace in python

Question

how are the rules for "abbbbbbbba".replace("bbbbb","cccccc")

what to do if the middle is to be replaced?

Answer 1

s="The dog is large small"
ss=s.replace(s.split()[3],s.split()[3]+'ly')
ss 'The dog is largely small'
you can do like this

Answer 2

http://pythoncentral.io/pythons-string-replace-method-replacing-JUMP_LINK__&&__python__&&__JUMP_LINK-strings/

Answer 3

I don't understand!

Answer 4

@brains The string contains 7b's . How to call rhe statement replace, if the middle 5 b's are to be replaced?

Answer 5

I read the doc, but this case is not handled.

Answer 6

you can use an auxiliar list to save the values that has to be the sames,then replace the rest and finally concatenate.
something like this:
aux='a'
new=replace('old','new')
aux2='a'
final=aux+new+aux2

Answer 7

yaaa