How to use string.replace() in python 3.x

Question

The string.replace() is deprecated on python 3.x. What is the new way of doing this?

Answer 1

ss = s.replace(s.split()[1], +s.split()[1] + 'gy')
# should have no plus after the comma --i.e.,
ss = s.replace(s.split()[1], s.split()[1] + 'gy')