rename.md

Variable Renamer

This function is part of a larger program. Its purpose was to rename a function in a "_raw.py" file that contained many different solutions of the same function. These functions were later to be parsed fromm the raw file and then each run for time seperately Code Timer Project.

(Code Timer Projject)

Note: it contains a call to the namer() function.

def rename(old, new):
    
    ''' replaces occurances of a given
        name with a replacement name '''
    
    with open(new + '_raw.py','r',
        encoding = ('UTF-8')) as file:
            raw = file.read()
            
    raw = raw.replace(old, new)
    
    with open(new + '_raw.py','w',
        encoding = ('UTF-8')) as file:
            file.write(raw)

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