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hnvasa
hnvasa

Reputation: 860

how to append a smaller string in between a larger string in python?

I am new to python and i want to append a smaller string to a bigger string at a position defined by me. For example, have a string aaccddee. Now i want to append string bb to it at a position which would make it aabbccddee. How can I do it? Thanks in advance!

Upvotes: 3

Views: 387

Answers (5)

macguru2000
macguru2000

Reputation: 2122

try these in a python shell:

string = "aaccddee"
string_to_append = "bb"
new_string = string[:2] + string_to_append + string[2:]

you can also use a more printf style like this:

string = "aaccddee"
string_to_append = "bb"
new_string = "%s%s%s" % ( string[:2], string_to_append, string[2:] )

Upvotes: 1

Amit Sharma
Amit Sharma

Reputation: 2067

Let say your string object is s=aaccddee. The you can do it as:

s = s[:2] + 'bb' + s[2:]

Upvotes: 0

Tony
Tony

Reputation: 1657

You can slice strings up as if they were lists, like this:

firststring = "aaccddee"
secondstring = "bb"
combinedstring = firststring[:2] + secondstring + firststring[2:]
print(combinedstring)

There is excellent documentation on the interwebs.

Upvotes: 1

Paul Lo
Paul Lo

Reputation: 6138

String is immutable, you might need to do this:

strA = 'aaccddee'
strB = 'bb'
pos = 2
strC = strA[:pos]+strB+strA[pos:]  #  get aabbccddee

Upvotes: 2

Gagravarr
Gagravarr

Reputation: 48326

There are various ways to do this, but it's a tiny bit fiddlier than some other languages, as strings in python are immutable. This is quite an easy one to follow

First up, find out where in the string c starts at:

add_at = my_string.find("c")

Then, split the string there, and add your new part in

new_string = my_string[0:add_at] + "bb" + my_string[add_at:]

That takes the string up to the split point, then appends the new snippet, then the remainder of the string

Upvotes: 1

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