Python Challenge 02

python_challenge_02.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-

# http://www.pythonchallenge.com/pc/def/ocr.html

import re

# the content of rare_characters.txt is from the
# source of ocr.html
with open('rare_characters.txt', 'r') as file1:
    content = file1.read()
    
print ''.join(re.findall('[A-Za-z]', content))

# or

file2 = open('rare_characters.txt', 'r')
content = file2.read()
print ''.join(re.findall('[A-Za-z]', content))
file2.close()