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Python regex to strip emoji from a string
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| import re | |
| # http://stackoverflow.com/a/13752628/6762004 | |
| RE_EMOJI = re.compile('[\U00010000-\U0010ffff]', flags=re.UNICODE) | |
| def strip_emoji(text): | |
| return RE_EMOJI.sub(r'', text) | |
| print(strip_emoji('🙄🤔')) |
@clichedmoog you are totally right, everything here is a simplification
. For a complete/accurate emoji remover for python I recommend the library https://github.com/bsolomon1124/demoji which download the latest emoji specification to build the pattern. It's not super fast but it's exhaustive.
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Sorry to say this but I think @mgaitan's regex is not perfect.
The recent emoji character includes various combinations and patterns so it would be more complex expression.
And this would be good implementation example by javascript: https://github.com/mathiasbynens/emoji-regex