import string


def remove_punct(target):
    """
    Removes punctuation from a text.
    
    Arguments:
        target: interable object containing text.
    Returns:
        punctuation striped text 
    """
    output=target.translate(str.maketrans(string.punctuation,
                 ' ' * len(string.punctuation))).replace(' '*4, ' ').replace(' '*3, ' ').replace(' '*2, ' ').strip()
    return(output)