import re


def sub_name(s):
	"""replaces brackets with '-' and removes ',* """

	#replace brackets with '_' and remove ',*
	#s = re.sub('\W', '',s_n) # dont do that, will replace '-' as well
	s_n = re.sub('[()]',"-",s)
	s_n = re.sub("'","",s_n)
	s_n = re.sub('\*',"",s_n)
	return s_n