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A Python function that does multiple string replace ops in a single pass.
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| import re | |
| def replace(string, substitutions): | |
| substrings = sorted(substitutions, key=len, reverse=True) | |
| regex = re.compile('|'.join(map(re.escape, substrings))) | |
| return regex.sub(lambda match: substitutions[match.group(0)], string) |
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