strip characters from string python regex
syntax re.sub(pattern, repl, string, max=0) #!/usr/bin/python import re phone = "2004-959-559 # This is Phone Number" # Delete Python-style comments num = re.sub(r'#.* print "Phone Num : ", num #output Phone Num : 2004-959-559 # Remove anything other than digits num = re.sub(r'D', "", phone) print "Phone Num : ", num #output Phone Num : 2004959559, "", phone) print "Phone Num : ", num #output Phone Num : 2004-959-559 # Remove anything other than digits num = re.sub(r'D', "", phone) print "Phone Num : ", num #output Phone Num : 2004959559