replace a set of strings in a .txt file

**bvdet** · Feb 7 '12, 03:09 PM

Create a dictionary from the file with 2 columns.

Code:

dd = {"Col 1 text 1": "Col 2 text 1", "Col 1 text 2": "Col 2 text 2"}

I might approach replacing the text like this:

Code:

>>> import re
>>> text = 'A line in text file containing "Col 1 text 1"'
>>> dd = {"Col 1 text 1": "Col 2 text 1", "Col 1 text 2": "Col 2 text 2"}
>>> patt = re.compile(r'"(.+)"')
>>> m = patt.search(text)
>>> if m and m.group(1) in dd:
... 	text = text.replace(m.group(1), dd[m.group(1)])
... 	
>>> text
'A line in text file containing "Col 2 text 1"'
>>>

replace a set of strings in a .txt file

replace a set of strings in a .txt file

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