unicode - How to remove this xa0 from a string in python?

Question

I have the following string:

 word = u'Buffalo,xa0ILxa060625'

I don't want the "xa0" in there. How can I get rid of it? The string I want is:

word = 'Buffalo, IL 06025

Answer 1

The most robust way would be to use the unidecode module to convert all non-ASCII characters to their closest ASCII equivalent automatically.

The character xa0 (not xa as you stated) is a NO-BREAK SPACE, and the closest ASCII equivalent would of course be a regular space.

import unidecode
word = unidecode.unidecode(word)