This code extracts all the digits from the string `phone_number`...

August 25, 2025 at 05:50 AM

''.join(filter(str.isdigit, phone_number))

This code extracts all the digits from the string phone_number and combines them into a new string. Here’s a detailed explanation:

  1. filter(str.isdigit, phone_number):
    The filter() function applies the str.isdigit method on each character of the phone_number string.

    • str.isdigit checks if a character is a digit (0–9).
    • Only characters that are digits are included in the filtered result.
  2. ''.join(...):
    The join() function takes the filtered digits and combines them into a single string, with no delimiter (since an empty string '' is specified).

Example:

If phone_number = "(123) 456-7890", the code extracts and returns:

'1234567890'

In summary, this code removes all non-digit characters from the string phone_number, leaving only the digits as a single concatenated string.

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