cudf.core.column.string.StringMethods.translate

StringMethods.translate(table: dict) → SeriesOrIndex

Map all characters in the string through the given mapping table.

Equivalent to standard str.translate().

Parameters:

tabledict

Table is a mapping of Unicode ordinals to Unicode ordinals, strings, or None. Unmapped characters are left untouched. str.maketrans() is a helper function for making translation tables.

Returns:

Series or Index.

Examples

>>> import cudf
>>> data = ['lower', 'CAPITALS', 'this is a sentence','SwApCaSe']
>>> s = cudf.Series(data)
>>> s.str.translate({'a': "1"})
0                 lower
1              CAPITALS
2    this is 1 sentence
3              SwApC1Se
dtype: object
>>> s.str.translate({'a': "1", "e":"#"})
0                 low#r
1              CAPITALS
2    this is 1 s#nt#nc#
3              SwApC1S#
dtype: object