From: Logan Capaldo <logancapaldo@...>
Date: 2006-07-22T03:29:20+09:00
Subject: Re: Newbie Question: delete all non alphanumeric characters


On Jul 21, 2006, at 2:05 PM, Tom Werner wrote:

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

Doh! I'm obviously not awake yet this ---err-- afternoon.