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stripExtendedAscii(str)

Last updated August 30, 2011

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Version: 2 | Requires: ColdFusion 5 | Library: CFMLLib

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Description:
Removes all extended and non-printing ASCII characters for a string. For example you may have data that has TABs, LINE FEEDs (or CARRIAGE RETURNs), international letters, or non-printing characters that you simply want to remove, this function will delete them.

Return Values:
Returns a string.

Example:

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USAGE:

<cfscript>stripExtendedAscii(VariableWithBadChars);</cfscript>

OR

<cfoutput>
#stripExtendedAscii(VariableWithBadChars)#
</cfoutput>

USAGE:

<cfscript>stripExtendedAscii(VariableWithBadChars);</cfscript>

OR

<cfoutput>
#stripExtendedAscii(VariableWithBadChars)#
</cfoutput>

Parameters:

Name	Description	Required
str	String to modify.	Yes

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			<cfscript>
/**
 * Removes all extended and non-printing ASCII characters from a string.
 * v2 by Adam Cameron
 * 
 * @param str 	 String to modify. (Required)
 * @return Returns a string. 
 * @author Kevin Benore (&#75;&#101;&#118;&#105;&#110;&#64;&#66;&#101;&#110;&#111;&#114;&#101;&#46;&#110;&#101;&#116;) 
 * @version 2, August 30, 2011 
 */
function stripExtendedAscii(str) {
  return reReplace(arguments.str, "[^\x20-\x7E]", "", "ALL"); // 0x20 = space, chr(32); \0x7E = ~ / tilde, chr(126)
};
</cfscript>
		<cfscript>
/**
 * Removes all extended and non-printing ASCII characters from a string.
 * v2 by Adam Cameron
 * 
 * @param str      String to modify. (Required)
 * @return Returns a string. 
 * @author Kevin Benore (Kevin@Benore.net) 
 * @version 2, August 30, 2011 
 */
function stripExtendedAscii(str) {
  return reReplace(arguments.str, "[^\x20-\x7E]", "", "ALL"); // 0x20 = space, chr(32); \0x7E = ~ / tilde, chr(126)
};
</cfscript>