Python replace function [replace once]

Question

I need help with a program I\'m making in Python.

Assume I wanted to replace every instance of the word \"steak\" to \"ghost\" (just go wit

Answer 1

Use the count variable in the string.replace() method. So using your code, you wouold have:

s="The scary ghost ordered an expensive steak"
print s
s=s.replace("steak","ghost", 1)
s=s.replace("ghost","steak", 1)
print s

http://docs.python.org/2/library/stdtypes.html