Arthur de Jong

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# util.py - common utility functions
#
# Copyright (C) 2012 Arthur de Jong
#
# This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
# License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
# version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
#
# This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
# Lesser General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
# License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
# 02110-1301 USA

"""Common functions for other stdnum modules.

>>> clean('123-456:78 9', ' -:')
'123456789'
"""


def clean(number, deletechars):
    """Remove the specified characters from the supplied number."""
    return ''.join(x for x in number if x not in deletechars)