Replace list of items on text

May 30, 2023

How do I iterate through list_of_items and replace each item from the list like this

for item in list_of_items:
    text.replace(item, ' ' + item)

I just don’t know how to save the resulting text, so that it would contain all the relevant changes if any.

list_of_items = ['PN', 'DESCRIPTION', 'LOCATION', 'CONDITION',
             'RECEIVER#', 'UOM', 'EXP DATE', 'PO', 'CERT SOURCE',
             'REC.DATE', 'MFG', 'BATCH#', 'DOM', 'REMARK', 'LOT#',
             'TAGGED BY', 'Qty', 'NOTES'] 

text = '''
PN: tst SN: 123123
DESCRIPTION: PART
LOCATION: 111 CONDITION: FN
RECEIVER#: 9UOM: EA
EXP DATE: 13.04.2022 PO: P101
CERT SOURCE: wef
REC.DATE:18.04.2022 MFG: efwfe
BATCH# : 1 DOM: 13.04.2022
REMARK: LOT# : 1
TAGGED BY: 
'''

>Solution :

If the replacement is working as intended and you just want to "save" the new text, simply reassign the new value back to the text variable

list_of_items = ['PN', 'DESCRIPTION', 'LOCATION', 'CONDITION',
             'RECEIVER#', 'UOM', 'EXP DATE', 'PO', 'CERT SOURCE',
             'REC.DATE', 'MFG', 'BATCH#', 'DOM', 'REMARK', 'LOT#',
             'TAGGED BY', 'Qty', 'NOTES'] 

text = '''
PN: tst SN: 123123
DESCRIPTION: PART
LOCATION: 111 CONDITION: FN
RECEIVER#: 9UOM: EA
EXP DATE: 13.04.2022 PO: P101
CERT SOURCE: wef
REC.DATE:18.04.2022 MFG: efwfe
BATCH# : 1 DOM: 13.04.2022
REMARK: LOT# : 1
TAGGED BY: 
'''

for item in list_of_items:
   text = text.replace(item, ' ' + item)