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| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/string.py | 15 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/string.py b/Lib/string.py index bf2811c..0dffb2a 100644 --- a/Lib/string.py +++ b/Lib/string.py @@ -297,15 +297,22 @@ def expandtabs(s, tabsize=8): # Character translation through look-up table. def translate(s, table, deletions=""): - """translate(s,table [,deletechars]) -> string + """translate(s,table [,deletions]) -> string Return a copy of the string s, where all characters occurring - in the optional argument deletechars are removed, and the + in the optional argument deletions are removed, and the remaining characters have been mapped through the given - translation table, which must be a string of length 256. + translation table, which must be a string of length 256. The + deletions argument is not allowed for Unicode strings. """ - return s.translate(table, deletions) + if deletions: + return s.translate(table, deletions) + else: + # Add s[:0] so that if s is Unicode and table is an 8-bit string, + # table is converted to Unicode. This means that table *cannot* + # be a dictionary -- for that feature, use u.translate() directly. + return s.translate(table + s[:0]) # Capitalize a string, e.g. "aBc dEf" -> "Abc def". def capitalize(s): |