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Solution Explanations: Irrelevant Text Data

Solution Explanations: Irrelevant Text Data

Review the solution explanations for the code challenges on irrelevant text data.

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Solution 1: Special characters, numbers, and punctuation

Here’s the solution:

Python 3.8
import re
text = "Hello, World! This is a sample text with special characters & punctuation marks."
def remove_special_chars(text): 
    text = re.sub(r'[^a-zA-Z\s]', '', text) 
    return text 
print(remove_special_chars(text))

Let’s go through the solution explanation:

  • Lines 4–6: We define the remove_special_chars() function to remove special ...