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buildakicker · 07-29-2009, 12:14 AM

Hi all,

My other post seemed to be a little much?! Maybe this one will be easier...

I am trying to strip an input of any special characters using regExpressions, but am not quite understaning how to get rid of anything but letters and numbers. Isn't there a replace /(!@#%$*())/ all that with "" expression?

Here is what I have so far:

Code:

function updatelink()
{
	var atitle = document.getElementById("articleTitle").value;
	var result = atitle.replace(/(\s| | )+/gi, "-"); //replace spaces
	var clean = result.replace(/'/,""); //replace punctuation
	var postlink = document.getElementById("postlink");
	postlink.firstChild.nodeValue = clean;
	
}

How do I add more than the ' inside the var clean replace?

Thanks!

07-29-2009, 12:14 AM	#1 (permalink)
buildakicker The Acquainted Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 119 Thanks: 21	RegEx Hi all, My other post seemed to be a little much?! Maybe this one will be easier... I am trying to strip an input of any special characters using regExpressions, but am not quite understaning how to get rid of anything but letters and numbers. Isn't there a replace /(!@#%$*())/ all that with "" expression? Here is what I have so far: Code: function updatelink() { var atitle = document.getElementById("articleTitle").value; var result = atitle.replace(/(\s\| \| )+/gi, "-"); //replace spaces var clean = result.replace(/'/,""); //replace punctuation var postlink = document.getElementById("postlink"); postlink.firstChild.nodeValue = clean; } How do I add more than the ' inside the var clean replace? Thanks! __________________ SkiLeases.com