How to replace all: print “string”, in Python2 with: print(“string”), for Python3? [duplicate]

Answer 1

They did make that function backwards compatible. Import it from future at the start of the file.

from __future__ import print_function

Well, forwards compatible. For now you're just with a find and replace in your ide.

Answer 2

This and this show solutions for Vim, but this one works for Windows and print variable statements.

Works well in old Python2 example scripts. Otherwise use 2to3.py for additional conversions.

Try it out on regexr.com (doesn't work in NP++ for some reason):

find:    (?<=print)( ')(.*)(')
replace: ('$2')

for variables:

(?<=print)( )(.*)(\n)
('$2')\n

for label and variable:

(?<=print)( ')(.*)(',)(.*)(\n)
('$2',$4)\n