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How can I change a string.
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I have a string. I need to find words and change them if it there are over there.
I am trying something like this. But I doesn't work.
I need to get new string something like this.
When parents go. What do they listen to. Why
var = 'When parents goWhat do they listen toWhy'
words = ['When', 'Why', 'What', 'How']
def check(a):
    s = []
    for x in a:
        for j in words:
            if j in x:
                s.append(foo(x))
    return s

def foo(a):
    first = list(a)[0]
    var = list(a)[1:]
    new = []
    for x in var:
        if x.isupper():
            new.append('. ')
            new.append(x)
        else:
            new.append(x)
    new_string = first + ''.join(new)
    return new_string

var = var.split(' ')
print(check(var))
How can I do this correctly ?
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Messages In This Thread
How can I change a string. - by Mike Ru - Jun-03-2020, 10:03 AM
RE: How can I change a string. - by buran - Jun-03-2020, 10:13 AM
RE: How can I change a string. - by Mike Ru - Jun-03-2020, 10:39 AM
RE: How can I change a string. - by buran - Jun-03-2020, 10:55 AM

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