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Replace a string in Python

Posted Oct 29, 2023 — Updated Jan 10, 2024

To replace a string or substring in Python you have two main options: Python’s String Replace Method The string.replace method works roughly how you would expect it to: By default, string.replace will replace all occurrences of the string you want to replace. However, it accepts an optional integer third argument specifying how many times to […]

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Regex Cheatsheet

Posted Oct 27, 2023 — Updated Jan 11, 2024

Regex is very powerful and available in virtually every language. Eventually I’ll write a whole post about why every engineer should know some Regex, but this post is all about common regex patterns, flags, etc—in easy-to-read table form. First, here are some patterns similar to ones I’ve used in recent memory: Pattern Meaning Example Match […]

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