gistfile1.txt

def sanitise_single_string(unclean):
    if unclean and bool( re.match(r'^[\w-]+$', unclean) ):
        # do splice
        raw_load_data = splice_db_into_dataframe(raw_load_data, unclean)
    elif unclean:
        # logging malformed metername
        logging.warning('Error parsing meter name: ' + unclean + ' ... must match regex: ^[\w-]+$')

    clean = unclean
    del( unclean )

    return clean