Series.str.
slice_replace
Replace a positional slice of a string with another value.
Left index position to use for the slice. If not specified (None), the slice is unbounded on the left, i.e. slice from the start of the string.
Right index position to use for the slice. If not specified (None), the slice is unbounded on the right, i.e. slice until the end of the string.
String for replacement. If not specified (None), the sliced region is replaced with an empty string.
Same type as the original object.
See also
Series.str.slice
Just slicing without replacement.
Examples
>>> s = pd.Series(['a', 'ab', 'abc', 'abdc', 'abcde']) >>> s 0 a 1 ab 2 abc 3 abdc 4 abcde dtype: object
Specify just start, meaning replace start until the end of the string with repl.
>>> s.str.slice_replace(1, repl='X') 0 aX 1 aX 2 aX 3 aX 4 aX dtype: object
Specify just stop, meaning the start of the string to stop is replaced with repl, and the rest of the string is included.
>>> s.str.slice_replace(stop=2, repl='X') 0 X 1 X 2 Xc 3 Xdc 4 Xcde dtype: object
Specify start and stop, meaning the slice from start to stop is replaced with repl. Everything before or after start and stop is included as is.
>>> s.str.slice_replace(start=1, stop=3, repl='X') 0 aX 1 aX 2 aX 3 aXc 4 aXde dtype: object