Mar 23, 2014 · The rule2 = (lambda... is used as a callable, therefore in your obj.str.replace the regex is passed the match object, i.e. your dictionary key to lookup the value pair to replace.

It will replace non-everlaping instances of pattern by the text passed as string. If you need to analyze the match to extract information about specific group captures, for instance, you can …

May 28, 2009 · What's the easiest way to do a case-insensitive string replacement in Python?

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May 31, 2012 · What's the difference between java.lang.String 's replace() and replaceAll() methods, other than the latter uses regex? For simple substitutions like, replace . with /, is …

Jun 3, 2017 · Yes! This is the natural flow - first select text, then open Find & Replace, then select Find in selection, then type term to find and replacement term and finally Replace all.

Aug 25, 2016 · With the REPLACE option, restore allows you to overwrite an existing database with whatever database is in the backup set, even if the specified database name differs from …

Oct 20, 2016 · I have a table of names and addresses, which includes a postcode column. I want to strip the spaces from the postcodes and select any that match a particular pattern. I'm trying …

598 map can be much faster than replace If your dictionary has more than a couple of keys, using map can be much faster than replace. There are two versions of this approach, depending on …

If you replace the entire text of a paragraph, that will remove any character-level formatting, like a word or phrase in bold or italic. By the way, the code from @wnnmaw's answer is for the …