'string'.strip(chars)-like function that removes from the middle?

[Roel Schroeven]

Peter Otten schreef:
> Ethan Furman wrote:
> 
>> The strip() method of strings works from both ends towards the middle.
>> Is there a simple, built-in way to remove several characters from a
>> string no matter their location? (besides .replace() ;)
> 
>>>> identity = "".join(map(chr, range(256)))

Or

identity = string.maketrans('', '')

>>>> 'www.example.com'.translate(identity, 'cmowz.')
> 'exaple'


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