On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 22:05:23 +0000, Matt Williams
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've tried:
>
> #!/usr/bin/python
> import string
> test="1,2,3,bob,%,)"
> allchar=string.maketrans('','')
> #This aiming to delete the % and ):
> x=''.translate(test,allchar,"%,)")
>
> but get:
> TypeError: translate expected at most 2 arguments, got 3
According to Python's builtin help on the translate string method :
>>> help(''.translate)
translate(...)
S.translate(table [,deletechars]) -> string
Return a copy of the string S, where all characters occurring
in the optional argument deletechars are removed, and the
remaining characters have been mapped through the given
translation table, which must be a string of length 256.
So it was all ok up to the last line, where instead of :
x=''.translate(test,allchar,"%,)")
you want :
x = test.translate(allchar,"%,)")
This will get rid of the commas as well, which you don't mention in
the comment on the preceeding line, so it's possible you need this
instead :
x = test.translate(allchar,"%)")
- Archie
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