Would it be possible to use several replace arguments into one replace method?

Question

I would like to delete some characters into a string (text with several words).

For this purpose I use the code below:

text2 = text.replace(',', '').replace('\n', '').replace('.', '').replace(':', '')

I have to add one replace method for each character to replace.

Is there any form to code in a smarter way? Something like this:

text2 = text.replace(',' '.' '\n' ':', '') # of course this is not working, just an example about how it could be.

Thank you

You can use [`re.sub`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/re.html#re.sub) with a regular expression. — khelwood, Aug 24 '18 at 15:53
Or list comprehension and a join: `text2 = ''.join(t for t in text if t not in ',\n.:')` — mypetlion, Aug 24 '18 at 15:54
`str.translate` would be likely fastest for this case (single character replacements) — Chris_Rands, Aug 24 '18 at 16:06

TallChuck · Accepted Answer · 2018-08-24T15:56:30.277

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use re.sub(r'[,.:\n]', '', text)

edited Aug 24 '18 at 15:56

answered Aug 24 '18 at 15:54

TallChuck

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