[GIS] Using Field Calculator with .replace

Question

I'm using the Field Calculator .replace function to replace WEST, EAST, NORTH, SOUTH to W, E, N and S and I'm using 4 scripts !PREDIR!.replace("WEST*","W") and so forth.

I would like to use one string to do this, how can I do this?

Answer 1

You can try this:

Predir field has already North, South, East, West

 !Predir![0:1]