Python 3 String translate() Method

Description

translate() method returns a copy of the string with all characters translated using the table (constructed using the maketrans() function in the string module), optionally deleting any characters found in the string _deletechars.

Syntax

Following is the syntax of the translate() method:

str.translate(table[, deletechars]);

Parameters

• table − You can create a translation table using the maketrans() helper function in the string module.

Return Value

This method returns a translated copy of a string.

Example

The following example shows the use of the translate() method. In this example, each vowel in a string is replaced with its vowel position.

#!/usr/bin/python3

from string import maketrans # Required to call the maketrans function

intab = "aeiou"
outtab = "12345"
trantab = maketrans(intab, outtab)

str = "this is the string example....wow!!!";
print (str.translate(trantab))

Result

When running the above program, the following result is produced –

th3s 3s str3ng 2x1mpl2....w4w!!!

Example

The following is an example of removing the “x” and “m” characters from a string:

#!/usr/bin/python3

from string import maketrans # Required to call the maketrans function.

intab = "aeiouxm"
outtab = "1234512"
trantab = maketrans(intab, outtab)

str = "this is the string example....wow!!!";
print (str.translate(trantab))

Result

This will produce the following output –

th3s 3s str3ng 21pl2....w4w!!!