On Tue, 14 Sep 2010 04:18:36 am Joel Goldstick wrote:
> How about using str.split() to put words in a list, then run strip()
> over each word with the required characters to be removed ('`")
Doesn't work. strip() only removes characters at the beginning and end
of the word, not in the middle:
>>> "'I can't do this'".strip("'")
"I can't do this"
If the aim is to remove all quotation marks, replace() is the right way
to go about it. It's not that hard either.
text = text.replace("'", "").replace('"', "").replace("`", "")
will remove all "standard" quotation marks, although if the source text
contains non-English or unusual unicode quotes, you will need to do
more work.
Or if you prefer something more easily extendable to other characters:
for c in "\"'`":
text = text.replace(c, "")
--
Steven D'Aprano
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