What's the best way to go about parsing strings in Python? or Need help parsing strings in Python—any

Honestly, I avoid regex unless I *have* to. Python’s built-in methods like `split()`, `replace()`, and slicing often get the job done.

For messy strings, `fuzzywuzzy` is a cool lib for fuzzy matching. Also, `string.punctuation` helps clean up unwanted chars.

Ever tried `str.translate()`? It’s underrated for removing specific characters fast.