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# numpy.core.defchararray.translate

`numpy.core.defchararray.``translate`(a, table, deletechars=None)

  For each element in a, return a copy of the string where all characters occurring in the optional argument deletechars are removed, and the remaining characters have been mapped through the given translation table.

  Calls str.translate element-wise.

  Parameters : | a : array-like of str or unicode table : str of length 256 deletechars : str
  Returns : | out : ndarray Output array of str or unicode, depending on input type

  See also

  `str.translate`