makeReplacer

emlib.textlib.makeReplacer(conditions)

Create a function to replace many subtrings at once

Parameters:

conditions (dict) – a dictionary mapping a string to its replacement

Return type:

Callable

Example:

>>> replacer = makeReplacer({"&":"&", " ":"_", "(":"\(", ")":"\)"})
>>> replacer("foo & (bar)")
"foo_&_\(bar\)"