On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 20:28:31 +1200, Ross wrote: > On 15 Jul 2005 17:33:39 -0700, "MKoool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>I have a file with binary and ascii characters in it. I massage the >>data and convert it to a more readable format, however it still comes >>up with some binary characters mixed in. I'd like to write something >>to just replace all non-printable characters with '' (I want to delete >>non-printable characters). >> >>I am having trouble figuring out an easy python way to do this... is >>the easiest way to just write some regular expression that does >>something like replace [^\p] with ''? >> >>Or is it better to go through every character and do ord(character), >>check the ascii values? >> >>What's the easiest way to do something like this? >> >>thanks > > Easiest way is open the file with EdXor (freeware editor), select all, > Format > Wipe Non-Ascii. > > Ok it's not python, but it's the easiest.
1 Open Internet Explorer 2 Go to Google 3 Search for EdXor 4 Browser locks up 5 Force quit with ctrl-alt-del 6 Run anti-virus program 7 Download new virus definitions 8 Remove viruses 9 Run anti-spyware program 10 Download new definitions 11 Remove spyware 12 Open Internet Explorer 13 Download Firefox 14 Install Firefox 15 Open Firefox 16 Go to Google 17 Search for EdXor 18 Download application 19 Run installer 20 Reboot 21 Run EdXor 22 Open file 23 Select all 24 Select Format>Wipe Non-ASCII 25 Select Save 26 Quit EdXor Hmmm. Perhaps not *quite* the easiest way :-) -- Steven. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list