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diff --git a/bs4/element.py b/bs4/element.py
index 3428e21..e7867a9 100644
--- a/bs4/element.py
+++ b/bs4/element.py
@@ -296,25 +296,26 @@ class PageElement(object):
getText = get_text
text = property(get_text)
- def replace_with(self, replace_with):
- """Replace this PageElement with another one, keeping the rest of the
- tree the same.
+ def replace_with(self, *args):
+ """Replace this PageElement with one or more PageElements, keeping the
+ rest of the tree the same.
- :param replace_with: A PageElement.
+ :param args: One or more PageElements.
:return: `self`, no longer part of the tree.
"""
if self.parent is None:
raise ValueError(
"Cannot replace one element with another when the "
"element to be replaced is not part of a tree.")
- if replace_with is self:
+ if len(args) == 1 and args[0] is self:
return
- if replace_with is self.parent:
+ if any(x is self.parent for x in args):
raise ValueError("Cannot replace a Tag with its parent.")
old_parent = self.parent
my_index = self.parent.index(self)
self.extract(_self_index=my_index)
- old_parent.insert(my_index, replace_with)
+ for idx, replace_with in enumerate(args, start=my_index):
+ old_parent.insert(idx, replace_with)
return self
replaceWith = replace_with # BS3