Search and replace with “whole word only” option [duplicate]

Answer 1

Use re.sub instead of normal string replace to replace only whole words.So your script,even if it runs again will not replace the already replaced words.

>>> import re
>>> editor = "This is result of the match"
>>> new_editor = re.sub(r"\bresult\b","resultado",editor)
>>> new_editor
'This is resultado of the match'
>>> newest_editor = re.sub(r"\bresult\b","resultado",new_editor)
>>> newest_editor
'This is resultado of the match'