Python program to replace all Characters of a List except the given character

When it is required to replace all characters of a list except a given character, a list comprehension, and the ‘==’ operator are used.

Example

Below is a demonstration of the same −

my_list = ['P', 'Y', 'T', 'H', 'O', 'N', 'P', 'H', 'P']

print("The list is :")
print(my_list)

replace_char = '$'

retain_char = 'P'

my_result = [element if element == retain_char else replace_char for element in my_list]

print("The result is :")
print(my_result)

Output

The list is :
['P', 'Y', 'T', 'H', 'O', 'N', 'P', 'H', 'P']
The result is :
['P', '$', '$', '$', '$', '$', 'P', '$', 'P']

Explanation

• A list of characters is defined and is displayed on the console.

• Two more characters are defined, which are the characters that need to be replaced and retained respectively.

• A list comprehension is used to iterate over the list, and if the current character is same as the character that needs to be retained, it is added to a list, else it is replaced with the other character.

• These characters are stored in a list and are assigned to a variable

• This is displayed as output on the console.