On 15 Jul 2005 17:33:39 -0700, "MKoool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have a file with binary and ascii characters in it. I massage the >data and convert it to a more readable format, however it still comes >up with some binary characters mixed in. I'd like to write something >to just replace all non-printable characters with '' (I want to delete >non-printable characters). > >I am having trouble figuring out an easy python way to do this... is >the easiest way to just write some regular expression that does >something like replace [^\p] with ''? > >Or is it better to go through every character and do ord(character), >check the ascii values? > >What's the easiest way to do something like this? > >thanks Easiest way is open the file with EdXor (freeware editor), select all, Format > Wipe Non-Ascii. Ok it's not python, but it's the easiest. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list