replace a set of strings in a .txt file

[Derick yap]

hi everyone,

My problem goes like this (*.d) which can be opened using wordpad.
Now I need to replace some strings inside my file which is enclosed within double quotes.
I have to use a I/P file as a text delimited file which have two columns first column old string and the second one is new string.
As Im new to python language can some one help me how to start with it..?

Thanks in advance.

[bvdet]

Create a dictionary from the file with 2 columns.

dd = {"Col 1 text 1": "Col 2 text 1", "Col 1 text 2": "Col 2 text 2"}

I might approach replacing the text like this:

>>> import re
>>> text = 'A line in text file containing "Col 1 text 1"'
>>> dd = {"Col 1 text 1": "Col 2 text 1", "Col 1 text 2": "Col 2 text 2"}
>>> patt = re.compile(r'"(.+)"')
>>> m = patt.search(text)
>>> if m and m.group(1) in dd:
...     text = text.replace(m.group(1), dd[m.group(1)])
...     
>>> text
'A line in text file containing "Col 2 text 1"'
>>>