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A simple depunctuator with and without regexes
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depunctuate.py
def depunctuate(raw, badletters):
"""
return a copy of the string raw with all of
badletters removed
"""
fixed = ''
for letter in raw:
if letter not in badletters:
fixed += letter
return fixed
print depunctuate("""Does this work?? DOES IT?!? Tell me... I just -- I can't.""", """.'?!-""")
print depunctuate("""1, 2, 3, is this thing on?""", """0123456789,?""")
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