From: Tom Werner <tom@...>
Date: 2006-07-22T03:05:55+09:00
Subject: Re: Newbie Question: delete all non alphanumeric characters

Logan Capaldo wrote:
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> On Jul 21, 2006, at 1:53 PM, Theallnighter Theallnighter wrote:
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>> Hi all,
>> how can i delete all non alphanumeric characters in a string ? thanks
>>
>> -- 
>> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>>
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> string.gsub(/[0-9a-z]+/i, '')
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That deletes all alphanumeric. To delete all non-alphanumeric:

string.gsub(/[^0-9a-z]/i, '')

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