To remove strings in between quotes and inserting a new line before a special character from a text file and saving it

Question

I am trying to read a text file and remove anything in between quotes ("") and also any kind of commas and semi-colons.

I also want to insert a line before the string of characters 'qwe'.

I have no experience with python and I have been tasked to this in python.

If you have no experience, RTM and try it yourself :D If you get in any trouble, show what you tried and we will help — Thomas Dussaut, Jul 11 '17 at 14:15
Okay! thanks for the help @ThomasDussaut what do you mean by RTM? — Rahul, Jul 11 '17 at 14:16
check [this](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14596884/remove-text-between-and-in-python) — Snow, Jul 11 '17 at 14:20
Possible duplicate of [Remove text between () and \[\] in python](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14596884/remove-text-between-and-in-python) — Mangohero1, Jul 11 '17 at 14:22

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 11 '17 at 14:56

import re
with open('code.txt', 'r') as infile, open('noquotes.txt', 'w') as outfile:
    for line in infile:
        x=''
        line=re.sub('".+?"', '', line)
        for i in range(len(line)):
            if str(line[i])!=',':
                x+=str(line[i])
            if str(line[i])== ',':
                pass
    outfile.write(x)
    outfile.close(x)

I got it :D

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 11 '17 at 14:31

f = open('filename.txt', 'r')
for line in f:
    x=''
    for i in range(len(line)):
        if str(line[i]) != ',':
            x += str(line[i])
        if str(line[i]) == ',':
            pass
print (x)

Here's some example code to read and remove comma's from a text file, you can start from this and try adding all the other stuff you want to do. Just have this code saved in the same place as the text file and type the text file's name where it says filename.

To remove strings in between quotes and inserting a new line before a special character from a text file and saving it

2 Answers2