Strings & text
Format, split, join, parse, and clean text — everyday Python string patterns.
How to Convert and Process Text in Python
This code cleans, converts, splits, joins, counts, replaces, reverses, and finds substrings in a text string using Python's standard string methods.
text = " hello world, python is fun! "
# Clean up whitespace
cleaned = text.strip()
# Convert to title case
titled = cleaned.title()
# Split into words
words = cleaned.split()
# Join with hyphens
hyphenated = "-".join(words)
# Count occurrences of a letter
letter_count = cleaned.count("o")
# Replace a word
rep…How to Replace Multiple Spaces with a Single Space in Python
This snippet uses the `re` module to collapse runs of consecutive spaces in a string into a single space, cleaning up whitespace.
import re
def collapse_spaces(text):
"""Replace multiple consecutive spaces with a single space."""
return re.sub(r' +', ' ', text)
if __name__ == "__main__":
sample = "This has multiple spaces between words."
result = collapse_spaces(sample)
print(f"Original: '{sample}'")
print(f"Co…How to Translate Characters in a String with str.maketrans in Python
Build and apply character translation tables with str.maketrans and str.translate to replace, delete, or remap letters in a Python string.
def translate_demo():
# Build a translation table: a→1, e→2, i→3, o→4, u→5
table = str.maketrans("aeiou", "12345")
text = "Hello, Python world! Keep coding, friend."
translated = text.translate(table)
print(f"Original: {text}")
print(f"Translated: {translated}")
# Example wit…Python: Replace Spaces with Hyphens for Slug
Transform a string by stripping surrounding whitespace and replacing each space with a hyphen to create a simple slug.
def slugify(text):
return text.strip().replace(" ", "-")
if __name__ == "__main__":
title = "Hello World Python Example"
result = slugify(title)
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