On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 4:08 PM, Dave Angel <d...@davea.name> wrote:
> I was wrong once again. But a simple combination of translate() and
> split() methods might do it. Here I'm suggesting that the table replace all
> valid characters with space, so the split() can use its default behavior.
That sounds overly complicated and error-prone. For instance, split()
will split on vertical tab, which is not one of the characters the OP
wanted. I would probably use a regular expression for this.
import re
if re.search(r'[^\r\n\t\040-\177]', string_to_test):
print("Invalid!")
Cheers,
Ian
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