strip characters from string python regex
syntax
re.sub(pattern, repl, string, max=0)
#!/usr/bin/python
import re
phone = "2004-959-559 # This is Phone Number"
# Delete Python-style comments
num = re.sub(r'#.*$', "", phone)
print "Phone Num : ", num
#output Phone Num : 2004-959-559
# Remove anything other than digits
num = re.sub(r'\D', "", phone)
print "Phone Num : ", num
#output Phone Num : 2004959559
# Python3 program to demonstrate the use of
# strip() method
string = " python strip method test "
# prints the string without stripping
print(string)
# prints the string by removing leading and trailing whitespaces
print(string.strip())
# prints the string by removing strip
print(string.strip(' strip'))
Output:
python strip method test
python strip method test
python method test