Thanks, works exactly what I needed. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 12:22 PM To: python-list@python.org Subject: Re: Removing Space and "-" from a string
On May 20, 11:02 am, "Ahmed, Shakir" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have thousands of records in MS Access database table, which records I > am fetching using python script. One of the columns having string like > '8 58-2155-58' > > Desired output: '858215558' > > I want to remove any spaces between string and any dashes between > strings. I could do it in access manually but want to do from python > script > > Any help is highly appreciated. string.replace('-', '').replace(' ', '') -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list