On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 1:35 PM, W W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there a faster way to strip punctuation from a string than this?
def strip_punctuation(my_string): return ''.join(c for c in my_string if c in ascii_letters) or use str.translate(): http://docs.python.org/lib/string-methods.html#l2h-268 Kent _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor