Remove \r from list

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I have a list that looks like this:

['\r1/19/2015', '1/25/2015\r']

I got this data from the web, and it just started coming with the \r today. This causes an error in my script, so I am wondering how to remove the \r from the list.

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 23 '15 at 18:23

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You can use str.strip. '\r' is a carriage return, and strip removes leading and trailing whitespace and new line characters.

>>> l = ['\r1/19/2015', '1/25/2015\r']
>>> l = [i.strip() for i in l]
>>> l
['1/19/2015', '1/25/2015']

answered Jan 23 '15 at 18:23

Cory Kramer

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this will only work if the escape sequence is at the beginning or end of the string. – MattDMo Jan 23 '15 at 18:29
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... which is exactly what I said – Cory Kramer Jan 23 '15 at 18:30

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 23 '15 at 18:25

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You can use replace also

>>> l = ['\r1/19/2015', '1/25/2015\r']
>>> [i.replace('\r','') for i in l]
['1/19/2015', '1/25/2015']

answered Jan 23 '15 at 18:25

Bhargav Rao

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 23 '15 at 18:26

If for some reason the \r characters are not just at the beginning and/or end of your strings, the following will work:

In [77]: L = ['\r1/19/2015', '1/25/2015\r', '1/23/\r2015']

In [78]: [item.replace("\r", "") for item in L]
Out[78]: ['1/19/2015', '1/25/2015', '1/23/2015']

Remove \r from list

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