Sometimes, we want to replace non-ASCII characters with a single space in Python.

In this article, we’ll look at how to replace non-ASCII characters with a single space in Python.

How to replace non-ASCII characters with a single space in Python?

To replace non-ASCII characters with a single space in Python, we can use the unidecode module.

To install it, we run:

pip install unidecode

Then we use it by writing:

from unidecode import unidecode


def remove_non_ascii(text):
    return unidecode(text)


n = remove_non_ascii(u"Ceñía")
print(n)

We have the remove_non_ascii function that takes the text string.

Then we call unideocde with text to return an ASCII string.

Next, we call remove_non_ascii function with the u"Ceñía" unicode string.

Therefore, n is 'Cenia'.

Conclusion

To replace non-ASCII characters with a single space in Python, we can use the unidecode module.