Java String Sanitize sanitize(String input)

Description

Remove all characters except alphanumerics and space.

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static String sanitize(String input) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

public class Main {
    /**//from ww  w.jav  a2s  .  c om
     * Remove all characters except alphanumerics and space.
     * 
     * This is a pretty wild thing to do since it clears out tons of usually
     * useful stuff, like accent marks, punctuation, capitals..
     */
    public static String sanitize(String input) {
        return input.replaceAll("[^A-Za-z0-9 ]", " ");
    }
}

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