(Python) Best way to remove non alphanumeric characters: converting text file into list of strings

Question

def getCandidates(f):
try:
    candidates = []
    flist = open(f,"r")
    for line in flist:
        line = line.strip()
        if (line==""):
            continue
        candidates.append(line)
    return candidates

except IOError:
     print("Filename not found")
     return candidates

Need to remove any non alphanumeric characters coming from a text file into a list of strings, should I use a another loop or is there a way to implement it into my existing code.

Cheers.

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 19 '17 at 04:50

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F=open("file") Data=(i.strip() for I in F)

answered Sep 19 '17 at 04:50

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