schnippets/python_utils/ascii_only.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import re

logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)

ascii_characters = [chr(i) for i in range(32,127)]
ascii_char_rgx = re.compile("{}".format(re.escape(ascii_characters)))


def ascii_only(incoming_string):
    return control_char_rgx.sub("", incoming_string)