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Greetings.

The strip() method of strings works from both ends towards the middle.
Is there a simple, built-in way to remove several characters from a
string no matter their location? (besides .replace()

For example:
..strip --> 'www.example.com'.strip('cmowz.')
'example'
..??? --> --- 'www.example.com'.strip('cmowz.')
'exaple'
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Ethan

Ethan Furman wrote:

> The strip() method of strings works from both ends towards the middle.
> Is there a simple, built-in way to remove several characters from a
> string no matter their location? (besides .replace()

>>> identity = "".join(map(chr, range(256)))
>>> 'www.example.com'.translate(identity, 'cmowz.')
'exaple'

Peter

On Jun 16, 10:09*am, Peter Otten <__pete...@web.de> wrote:
> Ethan Furman wrote:
> > The strip() method of strings works from both ends towards the middle.
> > Is there a simple, built-in way to remove several characters from a
> > string no matter their location? (besides .replace()
> >>> identity = "".join(map(chr, range(256)))
> >>> 'www.example.com'.translate(identity, 'cmowz.')
>
> 'exaple'

And in Py2.6, you'll be able to simplify further:

>>> 'abcde'.translate(None, 'bd')
'ace'


Raymond

Peter Otten schreef:
> Ethan Furman wrote:
>
>> The strip() method of strings works from both ends towards the middle.
>> Is there a simple, built-in way to remove several characters from a
>> string no matter their location? (besides .replace()
>
>>>> identity = "".join(map(chr, range(256)))

Or

identity = string.maketrans('', '')

>>>> 'www.example.com'.translate(identity, 'cmowz.')
> 'exaple'


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