Will convert a string to valid python class and/or variable names. (useful for convention over configuration)

cc_sc.py

def clean_name(name, replacement_char):
    # Remove invalid characters
    new_class_name = re.sub('[^0-9a-zA-Z_]', replacement_char, name)
    # Remove leading characters until we find a letter or underscore
    return re.sub('^[^a-zA-Z_]+', replacement_char, new_class_name)


print(clean_name('123something** cool\\vv__', '*').title().replace('*', '')) # CamelCase
print(clean_name('123something** cool\\vv__', '_')) # snake_case