pytextprep.remove_punct

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Functions

remove_punct(tweets, skip=None)

Remove all punctuation and special characters from the
pytextprep.remove_punct.remove_punct(tweets, skip=None)[source]

Remove all punctuation and special characters from the input tweets data

Parameters

  • tweets (array_like) – List of tweets

  • skip (array_like or None, optional) – The set of characters that do not have to be removed. Default is None. If None, all characters except alphabets, numbers and space would be removed.

Returns

list of tweets without special characters

Return type

list

Examples

>>> tweets_list = [
    "Make America Great Again! @DonaldTrump",
    "It's rocket-science tier investment~~ #LoveElonMusk"
]

>>> remove_punct(tweets_list)
[
    "Make America Great Again DonaldTrump",
    "Its rocketscience tier investment LoveElonMusk"
]

>>> remove_punct(tweets_list, skip=["'", "@", "#", '-'])
[
    "Make America Great Again @DonaldTrump",
    "It's rocket-science tier investment #LoveElonMusk"
]