string_baseform#
- string_baseform(string: str, allow_empty_result: bool = False) str[source]#
Normalize the string input to a uniform form.
If input is a string containing alphanumeric characters or if allow_empty_result is set to True, removes all non-alphanumeric characters and convert characters to lower form.
- Parameters
- allow_empty_resultbool , defaultFalse
bool indicating whether to return empty result if no alphanumeric characters are present or the original input
- stringstr
string to remove special characters from
- Returns
- str
original input if condition is not met or lower form alphanumeric characters of input.