Python - String Method - translate() Tutorial

This method will return a string where some specified characters described in a dictionary or in mapping table are replaced with the corresponding character.

Syntax-

String.translate(x)

#x - It can be either dictionary or mapping table describing how to perform replace

Example-

str1 = "Hello Sam"

#using a dictionary with ascii codes to replace 97 (a) with 65 (A):
mydict1 = {97:  65}
print(str1.translate(mydict1))

#using a dictionary with ascii codes to remove some character by specifying None
mydict2 = {83:  None, 108: None, 111: 121}
print(str1.translate(mydict2))

Output-

Hello SAm
Hey am