only letters or numbers

[rodchar]

hey all,

given a string, if i only wanted to get only letters and number (no symbols)
is there a function to do this?
i.e.
"Los Angeles, CA"
i don't want the comma.

thanks,
rodchar

[Homer J Simpson]

"rodchar" <ro*****@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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given a string, if i only wanted to get only letters and number (no
symbols)
is there a function to do this?
i.e.
"Los Angeles, CA"
i don't want the comma.

Function CleanInput(strIn As String) As String
' Replace invalid characters with empty strings.
Return Regex.Replace(strIn, "[^\w\.@-]", "")
End Function

You can use
Return Regex.Replace(strIn, ",", "")
if that's all you need.

[Steven Nagy]

The easy way:

Dim s as string = strIn.Replace(",", "")

or the relatively easy way:

Dim strOut as string = ""
for each c as char in strIn.ToCharArray()
if char.IsLetterOrDigit(c) then
strOut &= c.ToString()
end if
next.

Either way, YOU WIN!

SN

[Ken Tucker [MVP]]

Hi,

Use a regular expression.

Dim regText As New System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex("^[a-zA-Z0-9]+$ ")

Trace.WriteLine(regText.IsMatch("Los Angeles, CA"))


http://regexlib.com/Search.aspx?k=alphanumeric

Ken
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"rodchar" <ro*****@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7E**********************************@microsof t.com...

hey all,

given a string, if i only wanted to get only letters and number (no
symbols)
is there a function to do this?
i.e.
"Los Angeles, CA"
i don't want the comma.

thanks,
rodchar