Removing all non-numeric characters from string in Python

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grizzley picture grizzley · Aug 8, 2009 · Viewed 164k times · Source

How do we remove all non-numeric characters from a string in Python?

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Ned Batchelder picture Ned Batchelder · Aug 8, 2009 
>>> import re
>>> re.sub("[^0-9]", "", "sdkjh987978asd098as0980a98sd")
'987978098098098'

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