replace characters in url by gene/compound id using python

Question

I am trying to replace part of url by gene id using python 3.5. Can someone help me in replacing 'xxx' by integer stored in variable input_id?

input_id = 135
my_url = "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/xxx"

Possible duplicate of [Python String and Integer concatenation](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2847386/python-string-and-integer-concatenation) — Pierre, Jan 26 '17 at 07:22
Possible duplicate of [Making a string out of a string and an integer in Python](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2823211/making-a-string-out-of-a-string-and-an-integer-in-python) — Tom, Jan 26 '17 at 08:57

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Feb 11 '17 at 10:52

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Try this code.

my_url = "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/xxx"
input_id = 135
print my_url.replace("xxx",str(input_id))

o/p: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/135

edited Feb 11 '17 at 10:52

halfer

answered Jan 26 '17 at 03:41

Hiren Jungi

it doesn't let me add integer to string – mr_swap Jan 26 '17 at 03:49
yes there is a way can you wait till i reconstruct my code please thank you – Hiren Jungi Jan 26 '17 at 04:07
I am getting error 'Can't convert int object to str implicitly' – mr_swap Jan 26 '17 at 04:09
Try and let me know if it works. And please vote up if it's helpful thank you :) – Hiren Jungi Jan 26 '17 at 04:15
Bingo! @hiren jungi thats very helpful. Happy thursday – mr_swap Jan 26 '17 at 04:17
glad to help buddy :) please vote up happy thursday as well have a good day – Hiren Jungi Jan 26 '17 at 04:18

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