{{alias}}( str )
    Removes punctuation characters from a `string`.

    The function removes the following characters:

    - Apostrophe: `
    - Braces : { }
    - Brackets: [ ]
    - Colon: :
    - Comma: ,
    - Exclamation Mark: !
    - Fraction Slash: /
    - Guillemets: < >
    - Parentheses: ( )
    - Period: .
    - Semicolon: ;
    - Tilde: ~
    - Vertical Bar: |
    - Question Mark: ?
    - Quotation Marks: ' "

    Parameters
    ----------
    str: string
        Input string.

    Returns
    -------
    out: string
        String with punctuation characters removed.

    Examples
    --------
    > var str = 'Sun Tzu said: "A leader leads by example not by force."';
    > var out = {{alias}}( str )
    'Sun Tzu said A leader leads by example not by force'

    > str = 'This function removes these characters: `{}[]:,!/<>().;~|?\'"';
    > out = {{alias}}( str )
    'This function removes these characters '

    See Also
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