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gistfile1.py
In [1]: import re
In [2]: nonascii = re.compile('[^a-zA-Z]')
...: formatkey = lambda s: nonascii.sub('', s.lower().strip())
In [3]: test_string = "fdasafsdB324234_()324sdafasd[]$$$"
In [4]: formatkey(test_string)
Out[4]: 'fdasafsdbsdafasd'
In [5]:
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