Find and replace multiple values in python

Question

I want to find and replace multiple values in an 1D array / list with new ones.

In example for a list

a=[2, 3, 2, 5, 4, 4, 1, 2]

I woul

Answer 1

Try this for your expected output, works even if elements not in value_old.

>>>[val_new[val_old.index(i)] if i in val_old else i for i in a]
[3, 4, 3, 1, 5, 5, 2, 3]