How to remove " " from text using regex-Python 3

Question

So, I have a text string that I want to remove the "" from.

Here is my text string:

string= 'Sample this is a string text with "ut" '

Here is the output I want once using a regex expression:

string= 'Sample this is a string text with ut'

Here is my overall code:

import re
string= 'Sample this is a string text with "ut" '
re.sub('" "', '', string)

And the output just show the exact text in the string without any changes. Any suggestions?

Why regex? Just `str.replace` will do just fine… – deceze May 28 '19 at 12:55 — deceze, May 28 '19 at 12:55

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered May 28 '19 at 12:55

6

You can simply use string.replace('"','')

answered May 28 '19 at 12:55

F Blanchet

Is there any way once the string is replaced and removed, to write to as a csv file? – James Davinport May 28 '19 at 13:11
You can use the package [csv](https://docs.python.org/2/library/csv.html) to write it on a csv file. – F Blanchet May 28 '19 at 13:14
## This removes al "" in a text file import re f = open("/home/dir1/ddl2", 'a+', encoding='latin-1') read_file=f.read() words= read_file.split() #string = words. [i.replace('"', '') for i in words ] – James Davinport May 28 '19 at 13:17
Thats my code to append the file that I removed the strings from but the output just shows [] and when i refresh the file and open it, the changes arn't made. – James Davinport May 28 '19 at 13:18

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered May 28 '19 at 12:55

5

If you want just remove all " symbols, you can use str.replace instead:

string = string.replace('"', '')

answered May 28 '19 at 12:55

vurmux

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