Is there any simple way to swap character of string in python. In my case I want to swap . and , from 5.123.673,682. So my string should become 5,123,673.682.
I have tried:
number = '5.123.673,682'
number = number.replace('.', 'temp')
number = number.replace(',', '.')
number = number.replace('temp', ',')
print(number) # 5,123,673.682
Thanks
One way using dict.get:
mapper = {".": ",", ",":"."}
"".join([mapper.get(s, s) for s in '5.123.673,682'])
Or using str.maketrans and str.translate:
'5.123.673,682'.translate(str.maketrans(".,", ",."))
Output:
'5,123,673.682'
This is a pythonic and clean approach to do that
def swap(c):
if c == ',': return '.'
elif c == '.': return ','
else: return c
number = '5.123.673,682'
new_number = ''.join(swap(o) for o in number)
If you only need to swap single characters, think of it as a mapping instead
def mapping(c):
if c == ',': return '.'
if c == '.': return ','
return c
number = '5.123.673,682'
converted = ''.join(map(mapping, number))
print(converted)
5,123,673.682
