How to use list.replace after a specific character in Python

Question

I have a list in python.

MyList = ["ONE APPLE", "TWO PEAR", "THREE APPLE"]

I want to replace all the 'E' characters with 'A' characters in the fruit words, but not in the number words. So far I have tried using list.replace, however as far as I can tell indiscriminately replaces all 'E's with 'A's.

The code list = [list.replace('E', 'A') for list in list] outputs

"ONA APPLA"
"TWO PAAR"
"THRAA APPLA"

Whereas I want the following.

"ONE APPLA"
"TWO PAAR"
"THREE APPLA"

Is there any way of using the replace function after the ' ', or is another method more appropriate?

Tanveer Alam · Accepted Answer · 2014-12-01 12:43:29Z

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>>> my_list = ["ONE APPLE", "TWO PEAR", "THREE APPLE"]
>>> result = [ ''.join(i.split()[0] + ' '+ i.rsplit()[1].replace('E', 'A')) for i in my_list ]
>>> result
['ONE APPLA', 'TWO PAAR', 'THREE APPLA']

#OR

>>> result = [ '{} {}'.format(i.split()[0], i.rsplit()[1].replace('E', 'A')) for i in my_list ]
>>> result
['ONE APPLA', 'TWO PAAR', 'THREE APPLA']

edited Dec 1, 2014 at 12:43

answered Dec 1, 2014 at 12:36

Tanveer Alam

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user2269852 Over a year ago

Thanks for quick response. An ideal solution.

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