How to replace characters in a Go string

Overview

In this shot, we’ll learn about how to replace characters in Golang. We can replace characters in a string using the ReplaceAll() function provided by the strings package.

Syntax

strings.ReplaceAll(string_input, old_string, new_string)

Parameters

  • string_input: This is the given input string, Hello from educative.
  • old_string: Hello will be replaced by the new_string, Hi.

Return value

This function returns a new string.

package main
//import packages
import(
  "fmt"
  "strings"
)
//program execution starts here
func main(){
  //given input string
  inputStr := "Hello from educative"
  //given old string
  oldStr := "Hello"
  //given new string
  newStr := "Hi"
  //replace string
  outputStr := strings.ReplaceAll(inputStr, oldStr, newStr)
  //print the returned string after replace operation
  fmt.Println(outputStr)
}

Explanation

In the code snippet above,

  • Line 12: We provide the input string.
  • Line 15: We provide the old string that will be replaced by the new string in line 18.
  • Line 21: We replace the string or characters using the ReplaceAll function and assign the returned string to outputStr.

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