Deletion of multiple characters inside of a string

Question

i want the string 'abc'

abc="['one']"\n['two']"

to output

one 
two

as far as i know:

.strip() only replaces characters at the beginning and at the ending of the string

.translate() only takes one variable

.replace() only works with 1 character.

".replace() only works with 1 character." Nope, it works with strings with any number of characters. `x.replace("hello I am a very long string", "yes I am also very long as well")` is just as valid as `x.replace("X", "Y")` — Kevin, Dec 15 '15 at 20:36
yes.I wanted to say it can only replace 1 thing to another be it a string or a character — Michael, Dec 15 '15 at 20:38
You really need to clarify exactly which characters you're trying to replace - are you wanting to keep all alphas and carriage returns, or are you wanting to remove all brackets and quotes, or are your requirements something else entirely? — Simon MᶜKenzie, Dec 15 '15 at 23:19
I don't understand what `abc` actually contains; `abc="['one']"\n['two']"` is a syntax error. — Kyle Strand, Dec 15 '15 at 23:28

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 15 '15 at 21:29

2

You can use re.

import re
abc = re.sub(r"['\[\]]", '', abc)

worked for me.

answered Dec 15 '15 at 21:29

Jenny L

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 15 '15 at 21:12

0

i sort of fixed the problem by

abcd=abc.replace("['","")
abcdf=abcd.replace("']","")

not a perfect solution but it works

answered Dec 15 '15 at 21:12

Michael

You can of course omit the intermediate `abdc` by using `abc.replace("['","").replace("']","")`, but the other answer using `re.sub` is nicer anyway. – Simon MᶜKenzie Dec 15 '15 at 23:18

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