def test_phonetics(self): self.assertEqual(trim_phonetics('~~???ab]c<d'), 'abcd')
def test_lessthan(self): self.assertEqual(trim_phonetics('<'), '<')
def test_questionmark(self): self.assertEqual(trim_phonetics('?'), '?')
def test_rbracket(self): self.assertEqual(trim_phonetics(']'), ']')
def test_tilde(self): self.assertEqual(trim_phonetics('~'), '~')