how to replace multiple characters in a string?

Question

how to replace multiple characters in a string?

please help to fix the script

I need to in the line "name" special characters have been replaced by the phrase "special char"

newName = replace(name, ['\', '/', ':', '*', '?', '"', '<', '>', '|'], 'special char')

but I get the message:

invalid syntax

Solution 1

You can use re.sub():

import re
newName = re.sub('[\\\\/:*?"<>|]', 'special char', name)

Solution 2

you could do something like:

>>> rep_chars = ['\\', '/', ':', '*', '?', '"', '<', '>', '|']
>>> name = "/:*?\"<>name"
>>> for char in rep_chars:
...     name = name.replace(char,'')
...
>>> name
'name'