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I want to remove all the character from a var without the abc, ABC, 123, so thing like "HELLO how do you do ?!?!?!?" should be "HELLO how do you do"

123 = $chr(48 to 57)
ABC = $chr(65 to 90)
abc = $chr(97 to 122)

I tried it with a while loop but I can't get that fixed

You can do, $remove(string,!,",£,$,%) ect.

but if you want a loop.

alias strstrip {
var %i = $len($1-)
var %str = $1-
while (%i) {
var %c = $asc($mid(%str,%i,1))
if (((48 > %c) && (%c != 32)) || ((%c > 57) && (%c < 65)) || ((%c > 90) && (%c < 97)) || (%c > 122)) {
var %str = $remove(%str,$chr(%c))
}
dec %i
}
echo -a -> %str
}


syntax; /strstrip the text goes here.

Eamonn.

I'm sorry - but how to put this in a script

set %msg strstrip %msg won't work ....

alias clean {
var %result, %q = $regsub($1-,/[^a-z0-9 ]/giS,,%result)
echo -a removed %q characters (after stripping color and other control codes)
echo -a cleaned-up text: %result
}
[color:green]; put above in remotes (press alt-r twice) then type command below in an editbox somewhere
/clean 4hel(çlo!!!" §çé!the觧èreééé'
[/color]
it should print out:
removed 18 characters (after stripping color and other control codes)
cleaned-up text: hello there

This should get you started, it removes everything but a-zA-Z0-9 and space.