Python TypeError: expected a string or other character buffer object

Question

I am replacing all the occurrences of 2010 in my JSON file with a random number between 1990 and 2020.

import fileinput
from random import randint
f = fileinput.FileInput('data.json', inplace=True, backup='.bak')
for line in f:
    print(line.replace('2010', randint(1990, 2020)).rstrip())

I get this error:

Traceback (most recent call last): File "replace.py", line 5, in print(line.replace('2010', randint(1990, 2020)).rstrip()) TypeError: expected a string or other character buffer object

And here is one example of such an occurrence:

"myDate" : "2010_02",

@ettanany no black line! every line has at least one character. — cplus
– cplus, Commented Dec 3, 2016 at 13:15

Community · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-20 09:12:55Z

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string.replace(s, old, new[, maxreplace])

Return a copy of string s with all occurrences of substring old replaced by new. If the optional argument maxreplace is given, the first maxreplace occurrences are replaced.

The new value must be string, but you are passing a value of type int.

change :

line.replace('2010', randint(1990, 2020)).rstrip())

to:

line.replace('2010', str(randint(1990, 2020))).rstrip()

edited Jun 20, 2020 at 9:12

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answered Dec 3, 2016 at 13:59

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