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Solution: Replace All Occurrences of a Character in a String

Understand how to locate and replace every instance of a specific character in a string. Learn to use Python's find, count, and replace methods with control over the number of replacements. This lesson helps you master string manipulation techniques essential for text processing tasks.

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The solution to the problem of finding and replacing all occurrences of a specific character in a string is given below.

Solution

Python 3.8
s = "The Terrible Tiger Tore The Towel"
a = 'T'
b = 't'
pos = s.find(a, 0)
print(pos)
pos = s.find(a, pos + 1)
print(pos)
pos = s.find(a, pos + 1)
print(pos)
pos = s.find(a, pos + 1)
print(pos)
pos = s.find(a, pos + 1)
print(pos)
pos = s.find(a, pos + 1)
print(pos)
pos = s.find(a, pos + 1)
print(pos)
c = s.count(a)
s = s.replace(a, b, c)
print(s)
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