python strip all non alphabet code example

Example 1: python remove non letters from string

def nospecial(text):
	import re
	text = re.sub("[^a-zA-Z0-9]+", "",text)
	return text

Example 2: python string exclude non alphabetical characters

import re

regex = re.compile('[^a-zA-Z]')
#First parameter is the replacement, second parameter is your input string
regex.sub('', 'ab3d*E')
#Out: 'abdE'