thanks, guys. On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 7:35 AM, M.-A. Lemburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 2008-08-13 23:54, John Krukoff wrote: > >> On Wed, 2008-08-13 at 09:39 -0700, gjhames wrote: >> >>> I wish to replace several characters in my string to only one. >>> Example, "-", "." and "/" to nothing "" >>> I did like that: >>> my_string = my_string.replace("-", "").replace(".", "").replace("/", >>> "").replace(")", "").replace("(", "") >>> >>> But I think it's a ugly way. >>> >>> What's the better way to do it? >>> -- >>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list >>> >> >> >> The maketrans interface is a bit clunky, but this is what >> string.translate is best at: >> >> >>> import string >> >>> '-./other'.translate( string.maketrans( '', '' ), '-./' ) >>>>> >>>> 'other' >> >> It'd be interesting to see where it falls in the benchmarks, though. >> >> It's worth noting that the interface for translate is quite different >> for unicode strings. >> > > Right. Unicode .translate() uses a dictionary for defining the > mapping. > > Another approach is to use the re module: > > >>> import re > >>> re.sub('[-./()]', '', '-./other') > 'other' > > -- > Marc-Andre Lemburg > eGenix.com > > Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, Aug 14 2008) > >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ... http://www.egenix.com/ > >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ... http://zope.egenix.com/ > >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ... http://python.egenix.com/ > ________________________________________________________________________ > > :::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,MacOSX for free ! :::: > > > eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH Pastor-Loeh-Str.48 > D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. CEO Dipl.-Math. Marc-Andre Lemburg > Registered at Amtsgericht Duesseldorf: HRB 46611 >
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