PYTHON

remove special characters from string python

import re
re.sub('[^A-Za-z0-9]+', '', mystring)

remove special characters from string python

import re
# only remove special charactors but not white spaces
re.sub('[^A-Za-z0-9]+ ', '', mystring)
# remove special charactors and white spaces as well
re.sub('[^A-Za-z0-9]+', '', mystring)

remove special characters from string python

>>> string = "Special $#! characters   spaces 888323"
>>> ''.join(e for e in string if e.isalnum())
'Specialcharactersspaces888323'

python remove special characters from list

import re
my_list= ["on@3", "two#", "thre%e"]
print [re.sub('[^a-zA-Z0-9]+', '', _) for _ in my_list]

remove special characters from string with for loop python

text = "I! want, to? eat."
chars = ".!,?"
for i in range(len(chars)):         #can't use len() alone b/c int obj is not iterable
    text = text.replace(chars[i], "")
    
print(text)     #I want to eat

remove special characters from string in python

''.join(i for i in string if i.isaplha()