Anthonyberet wrote:
> Is there a string mething to return only the alpha characters of a
string?
> eg 'The Beatles - help - 03 - Ticket to ride', would be
> 'TheBeatlesTickettoride'
> 
> If not then how best to approach this?
> I have some complicated plan to cut the string into individual
> characters and then concatenate a new string with the ones that return
> true with the .isalpha string method.
> 
> Is there an easier way?

The approach you are considering may be easier than you think:

>>> filter(str.isalpha, 'The Beatles - help - 03 - Ticket to ride')
'TheBeatleshelpTickettoride'

Jimmy
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