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saar13531
saar13531

Reputation: 115

Remove all quotation marks from a textfile string

def organize_data(location='G:\pythonFiles\problem 22.txt'):
    with open(location) as f:
        name_string = f.read().replace('\n', '')
        name_string.replace('"', '')
        names = name_string.split(',')
    return names

print organize_data()

It seems like the replace method isnt working, because with or without it im getting the same result: ['"MARY"', '"PATRICIA"', '"LINDA"', '"BARBARA"',.....]

How can i remove all " and return a list like that: ['MARY', 'PATRICIA', 'LINDA', 'BARBARA',.....] ``

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1524

Answers (2)

RedEyed
RedEyed

Reputation: 2135

First of all, use open with encoding, name_string.replace('"', '') means that you are working with utf-8. Try this 

def organize_data(location='G:\pythonFiles\problem 22.txt'):
    with open(location, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
        name_string = f.read()replace('\n', '')
        name_string = name_string.replace('"', '')
        names = name_string.split(',')
    return names

print organize_data()

Upvotes: 0

Sven Marnach
Sven Marnach

Reputation: 601411

Strings in Python are immutable, so string methods can't modify a string in place. They instead return a modified version of the string.

name_string.replace('"', '') as a separate statement does not do anything. It returns the string with double quotes removed, but the return value is not stored anywhere. So you should use

name_string = name_string.replace('"', '')

instead.

Upvotes: 4

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