Manipulating a string in a template sensor (replacing/removing characters)

[DeltaNu1142]

I have set up a template sensor to capture and use some attributes from another sensor. This is working great:

{% set desc = state_attr('sensor.pirate_weather_alerts', 'description') %}
{% set list = desc.split('*') %}
{{-list[1].replace("WHAT...", "")-}}

The output is:

Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 29 possible.

What I’d like to do is perform another replace function to remove the period at the end of the string. I haven’t been able to figure out how to set the output as the value for another variable so I can perform another replace. And I’ve tried to replace using an array, but I don’t know what I’m doing and my syntax is bad. I’m sure there’s a cleaner way to do the multiple replace, but I’m not sure how to get it done.

Help?

[Troon]

Multiple replaces one after the other:

{{ "hello world".replace('hello','so long').replace('world','and thanks for all the fish') }}

Or a more general solution:

Replace words with better text

Create a template sensor in the UI under Helpers, with a State Template like this: {% set ns = namespace(s=states('sensor.YOUR_SENSOR_ID')) %} {% set rd = {"SR-4 BYP S": "BYPASS 4", "Another phrase": "Another replacement", "Final phrase": "Final replacement"} %} {% for r in rd.keys()|select('in',ns.s) %} {% set ns.s = ns.s|replace(r, rd[r]) %} {% endfor %} {{ ns.s }} Then use that new sensor in place of the old one. Remember sensor states are limited to 255 characters…

[DeltaNu1142]

It’s that easy, huh? Many thanks. This does what I want:

{% set desc = state_attr('sensor.pirate_weather_alerts', 'description') %}
{% set list = desc.split('*') %}
{{list[1].replace("WHAT...", "").replace(".","")}}

Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 29 possible