Mumia W. wrote: > On 08/25/2006 04:26 PM, Jim Schueckler wrote: >> Hi, >> I need to remove all characters from a string except 'a'..'z', 'A'..'Z', >> and '0'..'9'. >> [...] > > $newstring = $oldstring; > $newstring =~ s/[^[:alnum:]]+//g; > > Everything that's not alphanumeric gets zapped to nothing.
[:alnum:] will also include characters outside the range of 'a'..'z', 'A'..'Z', '0'..'9' depending on your locale. (If that is what the OP wants?) John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
