How can i delete charcters from dictionnary [Python]

Question

banword = ["/","\n",'"',"'","Badword","*","badword","badword","badword"]
okword = ["","","","","f","","Badword","badword","badword"]
for c in range (1,len(commentaries) + 1):
    azpeo = commentaries[c]
    print(azpeo)
    for c in range(len(banword)):
        azpeo.replace(banword[c],okword[c])
    commentaries[c] = azpeo

So here, i am trying to delete bad word from sentences that are contained in a dictionnary, the dictionnary look like that :

commentaries = {1 : "sentences", 2 : "sentences"}```
But nothing is changing at all and i can't understand why ?

I tried removing characters with .replace method by stocking each value in a variable and then using .replace but this does not seems to work ?

Why are you using a dictionary with numeric keys instead of a list? — Barmar, Nov 10 '22 at 16:37

Deepak Tripathi · Accepted Answer · 2022-11-10T16:23:09.883

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replace doesnot change your string inplace so you need to assign it to original string. You need to change

azpeo.replace(banword[c],okword[c])

To

azpeo = azpeo.replace(banword[c],okword[c])

Then it will work

edited Nov 10 '22 at 16:23

answered Nov 10 '22 at 16:15

Deepak Tripathi

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 10 '22 at 16:27

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the problem is that strings are immutable so you should do at line 7 in your example, the following:

azpeo = azpeo.replace(banword[c],okword[c])

answered Nov 10 '22 at 16:27

Iulian St

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How can i delete charcters from dictionnary [Python]

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