strip the characters we don't want. - Java java.lang

Description

strip the characters we don't want.

Demo Code

//package com.java2s;

public class Main {


    /**//from w  w w  .j a  va 2 s  .  c om
     * Maybe move out at some point, most efficient way to strip the characters we don't want.
     *
     * @param in
     * @return
     */
    public static String cleanPhoneNumber(String in) {
        //Hackeroo
        in = in.replace("+1", "");

        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();

        char[] charArr = in.toLowerCase().toCharArray();

        for (char c : charArr) {
            switch (c) {
            case '(':
            case ')':
            case '-':
            case ' ':
                break;
            default:
                sb.append(c);
            }
        }

        return sb.toString();
    }
}

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