code: def test_slice_replace(start, stop, repl, expected, any_string_dtype):
      ser = Series(
          ["short", "a bit longer", "evenlongerthanthat", "", np.nan],
          dtype=any_string_dtype,
      )
      expected = Series(expected, dtype=any_string_dtype)
      result = ser.str.slice_replace(start, stop, repl)
      tm.assert_series_equal(result, expected)
  
imports: from datetime import datetime, timedelta
  import numpy
  import pytest
  from pandas import DataFrame, Index, MultiIndex, Series
  import pandas._testing
  from pandas.core.strings.accessor import StringMethods
  from pandas.tests.strings import object_pyarrow_numpy
label_desc: Use image node_id 23 for calling a global function with example usage: test_slice_replace(start, stop, repl, expected, any_string_dtype) without return types