Color stripper

def colourstrip(data):
    find = data.find('\x03')
    while find > -1:
        done = False
        data = data[0:find] + data[find+1:]
        if len(data) <= find+1:
            done = True
        try:
            assert int(data[find])
            data = data[0:find] + data[find+1:]
        except:
            done = True
        try:
            assert not done
            assert int(data[find])
            data = data[0:find] + data[find+1:]
        except:
            if not done and (data[find] != ','):
                done = True
        if (len(data) > find+1) and (data[find] == ','):
            try:
                assert not done
                assert int(data[find+1])
                data = data[0:find] + data[find+1:]
                data = data[0:find] + data[find+1:]
            except:
                done = True
            try:
                assert not done
                assert int(data[find])
                data = data[0:find] + data[find+1:]
            except: pass

        find = data.find('\x03')
    data = data.replace('\x1d','')
    data = data.replace('\x1f','')
    data = data.replace('\x16','')
    data = data.replace('\x0f','')
    return data

datastring = '\x0312,4This is coolour \x032,4This is too\x03'
print(colourstrip(datastring))