INNER CODE UNIT · Python

replace_string_in_file

sameerasw/essentials · scripts/fix_translations.py:78

def replace_string_in_file(file_path, key, new_val):
    if not os.path.exists(file_path):
        return False
    with open(file_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
        content = f.read()

    # Pattern matches <string name="key"[^>]*>.*?</string>
    pattern = re.compile(rf'(<string\s+name="{re.escape(key)}"[^>]*>)(.*?)(</string>)', re.DOTALL)
    match = pattern.search(content)
    if not match:
        return False

    old_val = match.group(2)
    if old_val == new_val:
        return False

    new_content = pattern.sub(rf'\g<1>{new_val}\g<3>', content)
    with open(file_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:

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