• *REVERSE Function
• *s Function
• *token_translate Function
• *TRANSPOSE Function
• a5_stritran_multi_expression_Prepare Function
• CHRTRAN Function
• CompileStringTemplate Function
• EVALUATE_STRING Function
• expand_tabs Function
• Filter_String_Smatch_Change Function
• html_stritran Function
• html_strtran Function
• LINE_INSERT Function
• MASK Function
• REMSPECIAL Function
• STRIP_TRAILING_CHAR Function
• STRITRAN Function
• STRITRAN_MULTI Function
• Stritran_multi_expressions Function
• STRITRAN_SMATCH Function
• STRITRAN_SPECIAL Function
• STRTRAN Function
• STRTRAN_MULTI Function
• strtran_multi_expressions Function
• STRTRAN_SMATCH Function
• STRTRAN_SPECIAL Function
• STRWORDITRAN Function
• STRWORDTRAN Function
• STUFF Function
• TOKEN_SEARCH_REPLACE Function

REMSPECIAL Function

Syntax

Arguments

C

The character string to trim.

Description

Strips all non-alphabetic and non-numeric characters and spaces from a string.

Discussion

REMSPECIAL() strips all non-alphabetic and non-numeric characters, including spaces, from a string.

Example

? remspecial("123-34-23 A")
= "1233423A"
? remspecial("12/15/91")
= "121591"

See Also

• Character Formatting Functions
• Character Replacement Functions