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I want to do replacements in a utf-8 text file. example

f=open("test.txt","r") #this file is uft-8 encoded

raw = f.read()
txt = raw.decode("utf-8")

txt.replace{'English', ur'ഇംഗ�ലീഷ�') #replacing raw unicode string,
but not working

f.write(txt)
f.close()
f.flush()


please, help me

thanks

2009/9/27 Junaid <>:
> I want to do replacements in a utf-8 text file. example
>
> f=open("test.txt","r") #this file is uft-8 encoded
>
> raw = f.read()
> txt = raw.decode("utf-8")
>
> txt.replace{'English', ur'ഇംഗ�ലീഷ�') #replacing raw unicode string,
> but not working
>
> f.write(txt)
> f.close()
> f.flush()
>
>
> please, help me
>
> thanks
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>

Does
txt.replace('English', ur'ഇംഗ�ലീഷ�')
instead of
txt.replace{'English', ur'ഇംഗ�ലീഷ�')

fix the problem?

hth
vbr

Junaid wrote:
> I want to do replacements in a utf-8 text file. example
>
> f=open("test.txt","r") #this file is uft-8 encoded
>
> raw = f.read()
> txt = raw.decode("utf-8")
>
> txt.replace{'English', ur'ഇംഗ�ലീഷ�') #replacing raw unicode string,
> but not working
>
txt = txt.replace{'English', ur'ഇംഗ�ലീഷ�')

> f.write(txt)
> f.close()
> f.flush()

The file will be flushed when it's closed, and flushing it after closing
is meaningless.
>
>
> please, help me
>
> thanks

"Junaid" <> wrote in message
news:0267bef9-9548-4c43-bcdf-...
>I want to do replacements in a utf-8 text file. example
>
> f=open("test.txt","r") #this file is uft-8 encoded
> raw = f.read()
> txt = raw.decode("utf-8")

You can use the codecs module to open and decode the file in one step

>
> txt.replace{'English', ur'ഇംഗ�ലീഷ�') #replacing raw unicode string,
> but not working

The replace method returns the altered string. It does not modify it in
place. You also should use Unicode strings for both the arguments (although
it doesn't matter in this case). Using a raw Unicode string is also
unnecessary in this case.

txt = txt.replace(u'English', u'ഇംഗ�ലീഷ�')

> f.write(txt)

You opened the file for writing. You'll need to close the file and reopen
it for writing.

> f.close()
> f.flush()

Flush isn't required. close() will flush.

Also to have text like ഇംഗ�ലീഷ� in a file you'll need to declare the
encoding of the file at the top and be sure to actually save the file in the
encoding.

In summary:

# coding: utf-8
import codecs
f = codecs.open('test.txt','r','utf-8')
txt = f.read()
txt = txt.replace(u'English', u'ഇംഗ�ലീഷ�')
f.close()
f = codecs.open('test.txt','w','utf-8')
f.write(txt)
f.close()

-Mark

On Sep 27, 6:39Â*pm, "Mark Tolonen" <metolone+gm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> "Junaid" <junu...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:0267bef9-9548-4c43-bcdf-...
>
> >I want to do replacements in a utf-8 text file. example
>
> > f=open("test.txt","r") #this file is uft-8 encoded
> > raw = f.read()
> > txt = raw.decode("utf-8")
>
> You can use the codecs module to open and decode the file in one step
>
>
>
> > txt.replace{'English', ur'ഇംഗ�ലീഷ�') #replacing raw unicode string,
> > but not working
>
> The replace method returns the altered string. Â*It does not modify it in
> place. Â*You also should use Unicode strings for both the arguments (although
> it doesn't matter in this case). Â*Using a raw Unicode string is also
> unnecessary in this case.
>
> Â* Â* txt = txt.replace(u'English', u'ഇംഗàµ�ലീഷàµ�')
>
> > f.write(txt)
>
> You opened the file for writing. Â*You'll need to close the file and reopen
> it for writing.
>
> > f.close()
> > f.flush()
>
> Flush isn't required. Â*close() will flush.
>
> Also to have text like ഇംഗ�ലീഷ� in a file you'll need to declare the
> encoding of the file at the top and be sure to actually save the file in the
> encoding.
>
> In summary:
>
> Â* Â* # coding: utf-8
> Â* Â* import codecs
> Â* Â* f = codecs.open('test.txt','r','utf-8')
> Â* Â* txt = f.read()
> Â* Â* txt = txt.replace(u'English', u'ഇംഗàµ�ലീഷàµ�')
> Â* Â* f.close()
> Â* Â* f = codecs.open('test.txt','w','utf-8')
> Â* Â* f.write(txt)
> Â* Â* f.close()
>
> -Mark

thanx everyone for replying,

I did as Mark suggested, and it worked

thanx once more