Stripping Characters out of Strings ?

[itsmarkdavies]

Hi, i am new to JavaScript so please accept my apologies if this is a simple question.

I need to write a Function that will take a String (entered through a TextBox on an .asp Page by a User), and strip a range of characters (e.g. "," "/" "'" "|") out of it, and replace them with nothing.

For example(s) :-

02/09/1967 should become 02091967
a,b should become ab

Any help appreciated.

Thanks,

Mark.

mark.davies@npower.com

[Charles]

'02/09/1967'.replace (/\W/g, '')

[David Harrison]

If you're asking for a date, it may be better to just strip all non-numerical characters out of it, you can do that like so:someVariable = someVariable.replace(/\D/g,"");But remember, not everyone has JavaScript enabled, so you should really do this operation on the server-side with ASP, otherwise users who do not have JavaScript enabled or supported on their browser could cause errors.

[itsmarkdavies]

Thanks very much Charles / David - i'll give it a go.