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Regex for removing all special characters from a string?

Does anyone know a good regex expression for removing all special characters
from a string, allowing only alphanumeric?
Nov 15 '05 #1
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Never mind... got it:
Regex.Replace(strIn, @"[^\w\.@-]","");

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Does anyone know a good regex expression for removing all special characters from a string, allowing only alphanumeric?

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