How to replace an element in a list python

Question

Problem:

I have a simple and basic level question to you guy. How can I replace an element in a list python? Yeah, it might be a silly question but need to be answered badly. I am struggling with this problem for the last thirty minutes almost. But I am unable to sort out this thing. Your kind help is much needed.
Thanks

Answer 1

You can easily replace any element in a list of python by using a for-loop. You’ll check the particular element in the for-loop and replace it. Let’s see how to do it.

>>> x= [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1]
>>> for n, i in enumerate(x):
...   if i == 5:
...      x[n] = 10
...
>>> x
[1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 10, 4, 3, 2, 1]

If you want to replace more than one element in a list you can use a dictionary. Let’s check the program below:

x = [1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 5, 3, 2, 1]
dic = {1:5, 2:10, 3:'gavin'}

print([dic.get(n, n) for n in x])

> [5, 10, 'gavin', 4, 5, 5, 'gavin', 10, 5]

This may help you. Thanks