add translate() -- which was in strop per release 1.3
diff --git a/Lib/string.py b/Lib/string.py
index 8ad900b..c959347 100644
--- a/Lib/string.py
+++ b/Lib/string.py
@@ -253,6 +253,14 @@
line = ''
return res + line
+# Character translation through look-up table.
+def translate(s, table):
+ if type(table) != type('') or len(table) != 256:
+ raise TypeError, "translation table must be 256-char string"
+ res = ""
+ for c in s:
+ res = res + table[ord(c)]
+ return res
# Try importing optional built-in module "strop" -- if it exists,
# it redefines some string operations that are 100-1000 times faster.