gistfile1.txt

what happens:

>>> a = [ "ø", "å" ]
b = [ "\\x{F8}", "\\x{E5}" ]
>>> b
['\\x{F8}', '\\x{E5}']
>>> "øremål".replace(a,b)
Traceback (most recent call last):
 get_non_ascii():
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: Can't convert 'list' object to str implicitly

what i want:

>>> a = [ "ø", "å" ]
b = [ "\\x{F8}", "\\x{E5}" ]
>>> b
['\\x{F8}', '\\x{E5}']
>>> "øremål".replace(a,b)
"\\x{F8}rem\\x{E5}l"

def replace(s, a, b):
for (q,t) in zip(a,b):
s = s.replace(q,t)
return s