ReXX Style translate() function for strings ?

[Greg Ewing]

P Adhia wrote:
> 
> new_date = Translate('56/78/1234', old_date, '12345678')

import string

def Translate(outpict, input, inpict):
  return string.translate(outpict, string.maketrans(inpict, input))

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