translate

The translate function replaces a set of characters with another set of characters in a given string. The function searches for characters in the SearchList and replaces them with the corresponding characters in ReplacementList.

Syntax

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    translate( SearchList, ReplacementList, Source )

Arguments

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• SearchList: The list of characters that should be replaced.
• ReplacementList: The list of characters that should replace the characters in SearchList.
• Source: A string to search.

Results

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Source after replacing all occurrences of characters in ReplacementList with the corresponding characters in SearchList.

Examples

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This example returns xxx:

print translate("abc", "x", "abc")

This example returns kusto:

print translate("krasp", "otsku", "spark")

This example returns hello world:

print translate("abcdefghijklmopqrstuvwxyz", "zyxwvutsrqpomlkjihgfedcba", "svool dliow")

This example also returns hello world, by calling reverse:

print translate("abcdefghijklmopqrstuvwxyz", reverse("abcdefghijklmopqrstuvwxyz"), "svool dliow")