making a valid file name...

Fredrik Lundh fredrik at pythonware.com
Wed Oct 18 07:24:23 EDT 2006


Matthew Warren wrote:

>>> import re
>>> badfilename='£"%^"£^"£$^ihgeroighroeig3645^£$^"knovin98u4#346#1461461'
>>> valid=':./,^0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ '
>>> goodfilename=re.sub('[^'+valid+']',' ',badfilename)

to create arbitrary character sets, it's usually best to run the character string through
re.escape() before passing it to the RE engine.

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