how to extract characters from a string in python code example

Example 1: delete certain characters from a string python

for char in line:
    if char in " ?.!/;:":
        line.replace(char,'')

Example 2: python trim certain characters from string

string = '  xoxo love xoxo   '

# Leading and trailing whitespaces are removed
print(string.strip())

# All <whitespace>,x,o,e characters in the left
# and right of string are removed
print(string.strip(' xoe'))

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