On Wed, May 4, 2016, at 09:58 PM, DFS wrote: > Want to whittle a list like this: > > [u'Espa\xf1ol', 'Health & Fitness Clubs (36)', 'Health Clubs & > Gymnasiums (42)', 'Health Fitness Clubs', 'Name', 'Atlanta city guide', > 'edit address', 'Tweet', 'PHYSICAL FITNESS CONSULTANTS & TRAINERS', > 'HEALTH CLUBS & GYMNASIUMS', 'HEALTH CLUBS & GYMNASIUMS', > 'www.custombuiltpt.com/', 'RACQUETBALL COURTS PRIVATE', > 'www.lafitness.com', 'GYMNASIUMS', 'HEALTH & FITNESS CLUBS', > 'www.lafitness.com', 'HEALTH & FITNESS CLUBS', 'www.lafitness.com', > 'PERSONAL FITNESS TRAINERS', 'HEALTH CLUBS & GYMNASIUMS', 'EXERCISE & > PHYSICAL FITNESS PROGRAMS', 'FITNESS CENTERS', 'HEALTH CLUBS & > GYMNASIUMS', 'HEALTH CLUBS & GYMNASIUMS', 'PERSONAL FITNESS TRAINERS', > '5', '4', '3', '2', '1', 'Yellow Pages', 'About Us', 'Contact Us', > 'Support', 'Terms of Use', 'Privacy Policy', 'Advertise With Us', > 'Add/Update Listing', 'Business Profile Login', 'F.A.Q.'] > > down to > > ['PHYSICAL FITNESS CONSULTANTS & TRAINERS', 'HEALTH CLUBS & GYMNASIUMS', > 'HEALTH CLUBS & GYMNASIUMS', 'RACQUETBALL COURTS PRIVATE', 'GYMNASIUMS', > 'HEALTH & FITNESS CLUBS', 'HEALTH & FITNESS CLUBS', 'PERSONAL FITNESS > TRAINERS', 'HEALTH CLUBS & GYMNASIUMS', 'EXERCISE & PHYSICAL FITNESS > PROGRAMS', 'FITNESS CENTERS', 'HEALTH CLUBS & GYMNASIUMS', 'HEALTH CLUBS > & GYMNASIUMS', 'PERSONAL FITNESS TRAINERS']
Sometimes regular expressions are the tool to do the job: Given: >>> input = [u'Espa\xf1ol', 'Health & Fitness Clubs (36)', 'Health Clubs & >>> Gymnasiums (42)', 'Health Fitness Clubs', 'Name', 'Atlanta city guide', >>> 'edit address', 'Tweet', 'PHYSICAL FITNESS CONSULTANTS & TRAINERS', 'HEALTH >>> CLUBS & GYMNASIUMS', 'HEALTH CLUBS & GYMNASIUMS', 'www.custombuiltpt.com/', >>> 'RACQUETBALL COURTS PRIVATE', 'www.lafitness.com', 'GYMNASIUMS', 'HEALTH & >>> FITNESS CLUBS', 'www.lafitness.com', 'HEALTH & FITNESS CLUBS', >>> 'www.lafitness.com', 'PERSONAL FITNESS TRAINERS', 'HEALTH CLUBS & >>> GYMNASIUMS', 'EXERCISE & PHYSICAL FITNESS PROGRAMS', 'FITNESS CENTERS', >>> 'HEALTH CLUBS & GYMNASIUMS', 'HEALTH CLUBS & GYMNASIUMS', 'PERSONAL FITNESS >>> TRAINERS', '5', '4', '3', '2', '1', 'Yellow Pages', 'About Us', 'Contact >>> Us', 'Support', 'Terms of Use', 'Privacy Policy', 'Advertise With Us', >>> 'Add/Update Listing', 'Business Profile Login', 'F.A.Q.'] Then: >>> pattern = re.compile(r"^[A-Z\s&]+$") >>> output = [x for x in list if pattern.match(x)] >>> output ['PHYSICAL FITNESS CONSULTANTS & TRAINERS', 'HEALTH CLUBS & GYMNASIUMS', 'HEALTH CLUBS & GYMNASIUMS', 'RACQUETBALL COURTS PRIVATE', 'GYMNASIUMS', 'HEALTH & FITNESS CLUBS', 'HEALTH & FITNESS CLUBS', 'PERSONAL FITNESS TRAINERS', 'HEALTH CLUBS & GYMNASIUMS', 'EXERCISE & PHYSICAL FITNESS PROGRAMS', 'FITNESS CENTERS', 'HEALTH CLUBS & GYMNASIUMS', 'HEALTH CLUBS & GYMNASIUMS', 'PERSONAL FITNESS TRAINERS'] -- Stephen Hansen m e @ i x o k a i . i o -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
