python import re, string
Python: given a string, keep only alphanumeric charecters:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1276764/stripping-everything-but-alphanumeric-chars-from-a-string-in-python
tl;dr:
re.sub('[\W_]+', '', sourcestring)
is way faster than anything else.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1276764/stripping-everything-but-alphanumeric-chars-from-a-string-in-python
tl;dr:
re.sub('[\W_]+', '', sourcestring)
is way faster than anything else.