How to remove the "quotation marks" inside a string in python?

Question

I have a string similar to this "A["B"]C" I need this string to look like "A[B]C". Do you know how to do it?

Have you looked at string functions? Have you tried using replace() ? — david25272
– david25272, Commented Nov 23, 2017 at 23:15
Yes! I looked further and I was using it in the wrong way! Thanks! — Carlos Macedo
– Carlos Macedo, Commented Nov 23, 2017 at 23:24

Jemi Salo · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-23 23:16:17Z

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You can use re.sub for this.

import re

string = "[6->['A', 'B']; 7->['ABC']]"
string = re.sub("'","",string)

That will remove all ' characters from the string.

To get rid of " as well:

string = re.sub("['\"]","",string)

answered Nov 23, 2017 at 23:16

Jemi Salo

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Why re.sub when you could just use str.replace?

Both work fine. str.replace is likely more fitting, though. I just though of re.sub first and it worked.