[Tutor] Finding all the letters in a string?

[Eric Lake]

This seems to work to get out the alpha-numeric characters.

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: iso-8859-15 -*-

import re

pat = re.compile('\w')

lst = []

chars = '@*1&^$&*^@$g*(&@2$*(&$@c(*&3*(&c^&%4&^%'

lst = pat.findall(chars)
for x in lst:
    print x,


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Thanks
Eric Lake
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