Python - Lowercase Kth Character in string
Last Updated :
28 Apr, 2023
The problem of lowercasing a string is quite common and has been discussed many times. But sometimes, we might have a problem like this in which we need to convert the Nth character of string to lowercase. Let’s discuss certain ways in which this can be performed.
Method #1 : Using string slicing + lower() This task can easily be performed using the lower method which lowercases the characters provided to it and slicing can be used to add the remaining string after the lowercase Nth character.
Python3
# Python3 code to demonstrate working of
# Kth Character Lowercase
# Using lower() + string slicing
# initializing string
test_str = "GEEKSFORGEEKS"
# printing original string
print("The original string is : " + str(test_str))
# initializing K
K = 4
# Using lower() + string slicing
# Kth Character Lowercase
res = test_str[:K] + test_str[K].lower() + test_str[K + 1:]
# printing result
print("The string after lowercasing Kth character : " + str(res))
Output : The original string is : GEEKSFORGEEKS
The string after lowercasing Kth character : GEEKsFORGEEKS
Method #2 : Using lambda + string slicing + lower() The recipe of lambda function has to be added if we need to perform the task of handling None values or empty strings as well, and this becomes essential to handle edge cases.
Python3
# Python3 code to demonstrate working of
# Kth Character Lowercase
# Using lower() + string slicing + lambda
# initializing string
test_str = "GEEKSFORGEEKS"
# printing original string
print("The original string is : " + str(test_str))
# initializing K
K = 4
# Using lower() + string slicing + lambda
# Kth Character Lowercase
res = lambda test_str: test_str[:K] + test_str[K].lower() + test_str[K + 1:] if test_str else ''
# printing result
print("The string after lowercasing initial character : " + str(res(test_str)))
Output : The original string is : GEEKSFORGEEKS
The string after lowercasing Kth character : GEEKsFORGEEKS
Method #3 : Using replace() and lower() methods
Python3
# Python3 code to demonstrate working of
# Kth Character Lowercase
# initializing string
test_str = "GEEKSFORGEEKS"
# printing original string
print("The original string is : " + str(test_str))
# initializing K
K = 4
# Kth Character Lowercase
test_str=test_str.replace(test_str[K],test_str[K].lower(),1)
# printing result
print("The string after lowercasing Kth character : " + str(test_str))
OutputThe original string is : GEEKSFORGEEKS
The string after lowercasing Kth character : GEEKsFORGEEKS
The Time and Space Complexity for all the methods are the same:
Time Complexity: O(n)
Auxiliary Space: O(n)
Method #4 : Another approach using list comprehension and join()
Python3
#Python3 code to demonstrate working of
#Kth Character Lowercase
#initializing string
test_str = "GEEKSFORGEEKS"
#printing original string
print("The original string is : " + str(test_str))
#initializing K
K = 4
#Kth Character Lowercase
res = "".join([char.lower() if i == K else char for i, char in enumerate(test_str)])
#printing result
print("The string after lowercasing Kth character : " + str(res))
#This code is contributed by Edula Vinay Kumar Reddy
OutputThe original string is : GEEKSFORGEEKS
The string after lowercasing Kth character : GEEKsFORGEEKS
Time Complexity: O(n)
Auxiliary Space: O(n)
Method #5: using re module
Python3
import re
# Define the original string
test_str = "GEEKSFORGEEKS"
# Print the original string
print("The original string is:", test_str)
# Define the value of K
K = 4
# Use the re.sub() function to search for the Kth character in the string
# and replace it with its lowercase version
result = re.sub(test_str[K], test_str[K].lower(), test_str)
# Print the resulting string
print("The string after lowercasing Kth character:", result)
OutputThe original string is: GEEKSFORGEEKS
The string after lowercasing Kth character: GEEKsFORGEEKs
Time Complexity: O(n)
Auxiliary Space: O(n)
Method #6: using String concatenation and slicing:
Python3
def kth_char_lowercase(s, k):
return s[:k] + s[k].lower() + s[k + 1:]
test_str = "GEEKSFORGEEKS"
# Print the original string
print("The original string is:", test_str)
K = 4
print(kth_char_lowercase(test_str, K))
#This code is contributetd by Jyothi pinjala.
OutputThe original string is: GEEKSFORGEEKS
GEEKsFORGEEKS
Time Complexity: O(n)
Auxiliary Space: O(n)
Method #7: Using bytearray and chr() functions:
Python3
def kth_char_lowercase(s, k):
# Convert string to bytearray
b = bytearray(s.encode())
# Convert character at index k to lowercase using chr() function
b[k] = ord(chr(b[k]).lower())
# Convert bytearray back to string
return b.decode()
test_str = "GEEKSFORGEEKS"
# Print the original string
print("The original string is:", test_str)
K = 4
print(kth_char_lowercase(test_str, K))
# This code is contributed by Jyothi pinjala.
OutputThe original string is: GEEKSFORGEEKS
GEEKsFORGEEKS
Time Complexity: O(n)
Auxiliary Space: O(n)
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