unicode_stop

The unicode_stop function in Python is used to remove all unicode control characters from a string. It is a useful function for cleaning up text that may contain unwanted control characters.

The unicode_stop function is used as follows:

import unicodedata

def unicode_stop(text):
    """Removes all unicode control characters from a string."""
    control_characters = [c for c in text if unicodedata.combining(c) or unicodedata.iscontrol(c)]
    return ''.join(ch for ch in text if ch not in control_characters)

print(unicode_stop('This is a test string with some control characters.'))

The output of the unicode_stop function will be the string This is a test string with some control characters with all of the control characters removed.

The unicode_stop function is a useful function for cleaning up text that may contain unwanted control characters. It can be used to remove formatting characters, invisible characters, and other unwanted characters from text.

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