removing GBP symbol from a string

[TonyN]

I have some code to adjust data entered into a web page template to use it in a javascript function. This, amongst other things, will remove start and end spaces, replace the inter-word spaces with hyphens, etc etc.

However I am struggling to remove pound (£) signs.

Is there something different that I need to do for currency symbols?

Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks

Tony

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Here is the code for the other RegExs:
$idref =~ s/\'//g; # remove '
$idref =~ s/\&amp\; //g; # remove &amp;<space>
$idref =~ s/\& //g; # remove &<space>
$idref =~ s/\,//g; # remove ,
$idref =~ s/\"//g; # remove "
$idref =~ s/\-//g; # remove -
$idref =~ s/\?//g; # remove ?
$idref =~ s/ /_/g; # replace spaces with _

[numberwhun]

I have some code to adjust data entered into a web page template to use it in a javascript function. This, amongst other things, will remove start and end spaces, replace the inter-word spaces with hyphens, etc etc.

However I am struggling to remove pound (£) signs.

Is there something different that I need to do for currency symbols?

Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks

Tony

------------------------------------------------------------

Here is the code for the other RegExs:

$idref =~ s/\'//g; # remove '
$idref =~ s/\&amp\; //g; # remove &amp;<space>
$idref =~ s/\& //g; # remove &<space>
$idref =~ s/\,//g; # remove ,
$idref =~ s/\"//g; # remove "
$idref =~ s/\-//g; # remove -
$idref =~ s/\?//g; # remove ?
$idref =~ s/ /_/g; # replace spaces with _

You can try using the ascii character code to remove them. Also, please use code tags!

Regards,

Jeff

[TonyN]

Thanks!

Thanks, Jeff. that sent me off on the right direction - I'm sorted now :D


p.s.
This was my first post.. how should I be presenting code within a message?

[eWish]

Tony,

You place your code inside of the [CODE][/CODE] tags.

--Kevin

[Kelicula]

FYI: You could also consider combining all those substitutions into one statement with a character class.

[code=perl]
$idref =~ s/\'//g; # remove '
$idref =~ s/\&amp\; //g; # remove &amp;<space>
$idref =~ s/\& //g; # remove &<space>
$idref =~ s/\,//g; # remove ,
$idref =~ s/\"//g; # remove "
$idref =~ s/\-//g; # remove -
$idref =~ s/\?//g; # remove ?
$idref =~ s/ /_/g; # replace spaces with _

# Change that into this:


$idref =~ s/[',"-?&]|\&amp\;//g;
$idref =~ s/\s/_/g;

# untested.
[/code]

But of course that's just nit picking.