Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright 2011 Peter Karich * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ public class Main { /** * Starts reading the encoding from the first valid character until an * invalid encoding character occurs. */ public static String encodingCleanup(String str) { StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(str.length()); boolean startedWithCorrectString = false; for (int i = 0; i < str.length(); i++) { char c = str.charAt(i); if (Character.isDigit(c) || Character.isLetter(c) || c == '-' || c == '_') { startedWithCorrectString = true; sb.append(c); continue; } if (startedWithCorrectString) break; } return sb.toString().trim(); } }