A better way to rewrite multiple appended replace methods using an input array of strings in python?

Question

I have a really ugly command where I use many appended \"replace()\" methods to replace/substitute/scrub many different strings from an original string. For example:

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Answer 1

You have the right idea. Use sequence unpacking to iterate each pair of values:

def replaceAllSubStrings(originalString, replacementArray):
    for in_rep, out_rep in replacementArray:
        originalString = originalString.replace(in_rep, out_rep)
    return originalString