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A python function which converts a string into a valid filename string.
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| import re | |
| def get_valid_filename(string: str) -> str: | |
| """ | |
| Return the given string converted to a string that can be used for a clean | |
| filename. Remove leading and trailing spaces; convert other spaces to | |
| underscores; and remove anything that is not an alphanumeric, dash, | |
| underscore, or dot. | |
| >>> get_valid_filename("Cold/Freezing Location (between 50-14 F)") | |
| 'ColdFreezing_Location_between_50-14_F' | |
| """ | |
| string = str(re.sub(" +", " ", string)).strip().replace(" ", "_") | |
| return re.sub(r"(?u)[^-\w.]", "", string) |
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