Python: Remove special character in string

Question

I've the following string in python, example:

"Peter North  /  John West"

Note that there are two spaces before and after the forward slash.

What should I do such that I can clean it to become

"Peter North_John West"

I tried using regex but I am not exactly sure how. Should I use re.sub or pandas.replace?

What about "Peter North / John West".replace(" / ", "_") ? — kuzand
– kuzand, Commented Feb 26, 2019 at 6:56
Is it always two spaces, then a forward slash, then 2 spaces? Or is the concern the forward slash? — Carlos
– Carlos, Commented Feb 26, 2019 at 6:58

anky · Accepted Answer · 2019-02-26 07:23:12Z

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You can use

a = "Peter North  /  John West"
import re
a = re.sub(' +/ +','_',a)

Any number of spaces with slash followed by any number of slashes can be replaced by this pattern.

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Chris · Accepted Answer · 2019-02-26 07:04:42Z

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In case of varying number of white spaces before and after /:

import re

re.sub("\s+/\s+", "_", "Peter North  /  John West")
# Peter North_John West

answered Feb 26, 2019 at 7:04

Chris

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