Stripping specific characters 1

[Extension]

Hi,

I searched for some threads on the subject but I didn't find anything close.

I'm looking for a simple regEx to only keep alphanumeric chracters and dashes and strip the rest.

<cfset str = "+{343} 343-34443 34 (@3222)" >
<cfset str_safe = ReReplaceNoCase(str,"[^a-z0-9]+","","ALL") >

In the example above the "str" should end up like this: 343343-34443343222

The Regex I'm using will only keep the Alphanumeric characters and not the dashes.

Thanks.

 

[Wullie]

Just a simple change needed:

<cfset str = "+{343} 343-34443 34 (@3222)" >
<cfset str_safe = ReReplaceNoCase(str,"[^a-z0-9\-]+","","ALL") >

If you notice, all I added was \-, with the slash escaping the dash so that Coldfusion knows to allow that as part of the string rather than a regex operator.

Hope this helps

Wullie

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[Extension]

Thank you very much for your help Wullie.
The clear explanation was also appreciated.

 

[Extension]

Wullie

I have another question for you.
If I want to escape more than one character, should I do it this way ?

<cfset str_safe = ReReplaceNoCase(str,"[^a-z0-9\-\@\#]+","","ALL") >