python: replace non-"normal" characters in a string

Question

While iterating through different strings I sometimes stumble upon characters that contain strings such as "ś" or even just a " ' " and I want to replace those every single character with a simple "_".

So the code I would want is one that meets the following requirements: if character is not a,b,c....Z or a number then character = "_".

I wonder what is the most elegant way to implement such a code.

Thanks in advance.

Possible duplicate of [Replace non-ASCII characters with a single space](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20078816/replace-non-ascii-characters-with-a-single-space) — snakecharmerb, Jul 01 '18 at 08:51

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 01 '18 at 08:58

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import re

s = re.sub('[^A-Za-z0-9]', '_', s)

edited Jul 01 '18 at 08:58

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Surely, you meant `s = re.sub('[^A-Za-z0-9]', '_', s)`? I've edited your answer. – zvone Jul 01 '18 at 08:55

python: replace non-"normal" characters in a string

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