python replace string in list with integer

Question

I have a list, whose indices are mostly integer numbers, but occasionally, there are some 'X' entries. I need all of the entries to perform list operations with this list and another list. How can I replace the 'X' entries which are strings with integers zeroes, while keeping the lists the same length.

I've tried using if statements to replace the entry if it is an 'X', but that just gave me a type error.

Example: changing

['X', 'X', 52, 39, 81, 12, 'X', 62, 94]

to

[0, 0, 52, 39, 81, 12, 0, 62, 94]

in which all entries in the second list are int.

McGrady · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-24 09:57:27Z

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Try to use map to do this:

>>> l= ['X','X',52,39,81,12,'X',62,94]
>>>
>>> map(lambda x:0 if x=="X" else x,l)
[0, 0, 52, 39, 81, 12, 0, 62, 94]

If you're using Python3.x , map() returns iterator, so you need to use list(map()) to convert it to list.

Or use list comprehension:

>>> [i if i!='X' else 0 for i in l]
[0, 0, 52, 39, 81, 12, 0, 62, 94]

edited Oct 24, 2017 at 9:57

answered May 20, 2017 at 1:55

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EyuelDK Over a year ago

Please note that map function only returns a list in Python2. In Python3, the map function will return an iterator and not a lit.

EyuelDK · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-20 02:04:45Z

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First of all, you need to improve your use of terminologies. The indices are all integers, it is the elements that are a mix of strings and integers.

Solution

l = ['X', 'X', 52, 39, 81, 12, 'X', 62, 94]
l = [0 if element == 'X' else element for element in l]
print(l)

Better Performance Solution, with in-place replace

l = ['X', 'X', 52, 39, 81, 12, 'X', 62, 94]
for i in range(len(l)):
  l[i] = 0 if l[i] == 'X' else l[i]
print(l)

edited May 20, 2017 at 2:04

answered May 20, 2017 at 1:57

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dawg · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-20 02:42:29Z

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If performance is a concern, you can use numpy:

>>> import numpy as np
>>> a=np.array(['X','X',52,39,81,12,'X',62,94])
>>> a[a=='X']=0
>>> a
array(['0', '0', '52', '39', '81', '12', '0', '62', '94'], 
      dtype='|S2')

Then if you want all ints:

>>> a.astype(int)
array([ 0,  0, 52, 39, 81, 12,  0, 62, 94])

answered May 20, 2017 at 2:42

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Kumail Baloch · Accepted Answer · 2022-03-22 19:31:13Z

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Try this:

for i in range(0,len(list)):
    if list[i] == 'X':
        list.pop(i)
        list.insert(i,0)

answered Mar 22, 2022 at 19:31

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