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Sam Bui
878 PointsWhat is translate() method?
Hi,
Does anyone know what is translate() method of string and what it does? I google it and went through several pages talk about it but I still don't really get it.
Thank you
1 Answer
Steven Parker
229,644 PointsIt's a simple value replacement function.
It uses the value of each character in the string to look up a replacement in a table, then replaces the character. It can optionally remove certain characters at the same time.
Did you see the page for it at www.tutorialspoint.com? I thought that one was better than most because it showed some simple examples including the companion function maketrans.