[RoseWyvern]

I'm trying to use str.replace() to remove unwanted characters from a file. For whatever reason, str.strip() does nothing (it runs without error though.)

The problem is that there are several different sets of characters I want to remove. So I created a tuple, but I can't find a way to get str.replace() to iterate through it.

I've tried the following.

the vars are as follows:

Replace is the whitespace character I want to convert the other characters too.

Remove is a tuple containing the character sequences I want to remove.

Test is a string with the file data.

 
map(test.replace,remove)
#TypeError: too few arguments
map(test.replace,remove, replace)
#ditto: expected a character buffer object 
test.replace(remove, "     ")
#ditto:ditto
map(test.replace(remove,"   "),range(len(remove)))
#ditto:ditto
map(replace(remove,"   "),test)
#Strings object is not callable 

I'm using " " as my replace char mainly to check if the function had worked.

So, anyone care to point me in the right direction on str.replace() or explain why str.strip() is doing nothing?

Thanks

[programble]

remove = "./%"
test = "foo.bar/baz%%%"
for r in remove:
    test = test.replace(r, "")
# test should now be "foobarbaz"

[RoseWyvern]

Thanks! This was just what I was looking for.