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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