'string'.strip( chars)-like function that removes from the middle?

[Ethan Furman]

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.co m'.strip('cmowz .')
'example'
..??? ----- 'www.example.co m'.strip('cmowz .')
'exaple'
--
Ethan

[Larry Bates]

Ethan Furman wrote:

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.co m'.strip('cmowz .')
'example'
.??? ----- 'www.example.co m'.strip('cmowz .')
'exaple'
--
Ethan

filter()

>>removeChars = ';j'
filter(lamb da c: c not in removeChars, x)

'asdfklasdfkl'

>>>

or

a list comprehension

x="asdfjkl;asdf jkl;"

>>''.join([c for c in x if c not in ';'])

'asdfjklasdfjkl '

-Larry

[Peter Otten]

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

[Raymond Hettinger]

On Jun 16, 10:09*am, Peter Otten <__pete...@web. dewrote:

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.c om'.translate(i dentity, 'cmowz.')

'exaple'

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

>>'abcde'.trans late(None, 'bd')

'ace'
Raymond

[Roel Schroeven]

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.maketran s('', '')

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

'exaple'

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