import re
# make English text clean
def clean_en_text(text):
# keep English,
comp = re.compile('[^A-Z^a-z^0-9^ ]')
return comp.sub('', text)
# make Chinese text clean
def clean_zh_text(text):
# keep English,
comp = re.compile('[^A-Z^a-z^0-9^\u4e00-\u9fa5]')
return comp.sub('', text)
if __name__ == '__main__':
text_en = '$How old are you?$'
text_zh = '$你好!我是个程序媛,中国新生代农民工。$'
print(clean_en_text(text_en))
print(clean_zh_text(text_zh))