Replace multiple characters in a string

Question

Is there a simple way in python to replace multiples characters by another?

For instance, I would like to change:

name1_22:3-3(+):Pos_bos 
         


        

Answer 1

You could use re.sub to replace multiple characters with one pattern:

import re
s = 'name1_22:3-3(+):Pos_bos '
re.sub(r'[():]', '_', s)

Output

'name1_22_3-3_+__Pos_bos '