How to replace elements in a list using dictionary lookup

Question

Given this list

my_lst = [\'LAC\', \'HOU\', \'03/03 06:11 PM\', \'2.13\', \'1.80\', \'03/03 03:42 PM\']

I want to change its 0th

Answer 1

This is a one-line in pandas ....

df['A'].replace(dict(zip(
        ['SERVICIOS', 'ECON?MICO', 'ECONOMICO', 'EN ESPECIE'],
        ['servicios', 'economico', 'economico', 'en especie'])
                       ),regex=True)