New to python

[samsch92]

Hello,
I am brand new to python. I have done this in Java.. but struggling to find the right regex in python. Can someone help please?

I need python code to replace " " with "\\ “, for the values coming after surName: and givenName:.


Some of the sample inputs are given below…


“surName: JOHN DOE JR || givenName: JAMES DOE SR”


“givenName: JAMES DOE SR || surName: JOHN DOE JR”


“surName: JOHN DOE JR && givenName: JAMES DOE SR”


“givenName: JAMES DOE SR && surName: JOHN DOE JR”


“surName: JOHN DOE || givenName: JAMES DOE”


“givenName: JAMES DOE SR || surName: JOHN DOE”


“surName: JOHN DOE && givenName: JAMES DOE SR”

Corresponding output should be..
“surName: JOHN\\ DOE\\ JR || givenName: JAMES\\ DOE\\ SR”


“givenName: JAMES\\ DOE\\ SR || surName: JOHN\\ DOE\\ JR”


“surName: JOHN\\ DOE\\ JR && givenName: JAMES\\ DOE\\ SR”


“givenName: JAMES\\ DOE\\ SR && surName: JOHN\\ DOE\\ JR”


“surName: JOHN\\ DOE || givenName: JAMES\\ DOE”


“givenName: JAMES\\ DOE\\ SR || surName: JOHN\\ DOE”


“surName: JOHN\\ DOE && givenName: JAMES\\ DOE\\ SR”

 

[menator01]

Is the input coming from a json file?

You can take a look at string replace

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example may be

string = "surName:JOHN DOE JR || givenName:JAMES DOE SR"

string = string.replace(' ', '\\\\').replace('||','&&')
print(string)

Output

surName:JOHN\\DOE\\JR\\&&\\givenName:JAMES\\DOE\\SR

 

[samsch92]

hello @menator01 thanks for the response..
The input is coming from a graphql input string..

but I do not want the space after JR or SR or before givenName replaced with \ ..

 

[menator01]

One way

string = "surName:JOHN DOE JR || givenName:JAMES DOE SR"

def replacer(arg):
    for i in range(2):
        arg = arg.replace(' ', '\\\\', 1)
        arg = arg[::-1].replace(' ', '\\\\', 1)
    return arg

print(replacer(string))

output

surName:JOHN\\DOE\\JR || givenName:JAMES\\DOE\\SR

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Function I found with a search

def replacer(string, sub, wanted, n):
    where = [m.start() for m in re.finditer(sub, string)][n-1]
    before = string[:where]
    after = string[where:]
    after = after.replace(sub, wanted, 1)
    newstring = before + after
    return newstring

for i in range(2):
    string = replacer(string, ' ', '\\\\', 1)
    string = replacer(string[::-1], ' ', '\\\\', 1)

print(string)

output

surName:JOHN\\DOE\\JR || givenName:JAMES\\DOE\\SR

The link
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35091557/replace-nth-occurrence-of-substring-in-string

 

[samsch92]

@menator01 thank you so much for the link.. I was able to get it working..