On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 2:25 PM, Dinesh B Vadhia <dineshbvad...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> # 3) Replacing a set of characters with a single character ie. > > for c in str: > if c in set: > string.replace (c, r) > > to give > >> 'Chris Perkins : $$$-$$$$' > My solution is: > > print ''.join[string.replace(c, r) for c in str if c in set] With the syntax corrected this will not do what you want; the "if c in set" filters the characters in the result, so the result will contain only the replacement characters. You would need something like ''.join([ (r if c in set else c) for c in str]) Note that both 'set' and 'str' are built-in names and therefore poor choices for variable names. Kent _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
