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If you want to remove specific punctuation from a string, it will probably be best to explicitly remove exactly what you want like

replace(/[.,\-\/#!$%\^&\*;:{}=\-_`~()]/g,"")

Doing the above still doesn't return the string as you have specified it. If you want to remove any extra spaces that were left over from removing crazy punctuation, then you are going to want to do something like

replace(/\s{2,}/g," ");

My full example:

var s = "This., -/ is #! an $ % ^ & * example ;: {} of a = -_ string with `~)() punctuation"; var punctuationless = s.replace(/[.,\-\/#!$%\^&\*;:{}=\-_`~()]/g,""); var finalString = punctuationless.replace(/\s{2,}/g," ");

Results of running code in firebug console:

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If you want to remove specific punctuation from a string, it will probably be best to explicitly remove exactly what you want like

replace(/[.,\-\/#!$%\^&\*;:{}=\-_`~()]/g,"")

Doing the above still doesn't return the string as you have specified it. If you want to remove any extra spaces that were left over from removing crazy punctuation, then you are going to want to do something like

replace(/\s{2,}/g," ");

My full example:

var s = "This., -/ is #! an $ % ^ & * example ;: {} of a = -_ string with `~)() punctuation"; var punctuationless = s.replace(/[.,\-\/#!$%\^&\*;:{}=\-_`~()]/g,""); var finalString = punctuationless.replace(/\s{2,}/g," ");

Results of running code in firebug console:

alt text

If you want to remove specific punctuation from a string, it will probably be best to explicitly remove exactly what you want like

replace(/[.,\/#!$%\^&\*;:{}=\-_`~()]/g,"")

Doing the above still doesn't return the string as you have specified it. If you want to remove any extra spaces that were left over from removing crazy punctuation, then you are going to want to do something like

replace(/\s{2,}/g," ");

My full example:

var s = "This., -/ is #! an $ % ^ & * example ;: {} of a = -_ string with `~)() punctuation"; var punctuationless = s.replace(/[.,\/#!$%\^&\*;:{}=\-_`~()]/g,""); var finalString = punctuationless.replace(/\s{2,}/g," ");

Results of running code in firebug console:

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edited Jan 12, 2016 at 0:51

Mike Grace

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If you want to remove specific punctuation from a string, it will probably be best to explicitly remove exactly what you want like

replace(/[.,\-\/#!$%\^&\*;:{}=\-_`~()]/g,"")

Doing the above still doesn't return the string as you have specified it. If you want to remove any extra spaces that were left over from removing crazy punctuation, then you are going to want to do something like

replace(/\s{2,}/g," ");

My full example:

var s = "This., -/ is #! an $ % ^ & * example ;: {} of a = -_ string with `~)() punctuation"; var punctuationless = s.replace(/[.,\-\/#!$%\^&\*;:{}=\-_`~()]/g,""); var finalString = punctuationless.replace(/\s{2,}/g," ");

Results of running code in firebug console:

alt text

If you want to remove specific punctuation from a string, it will probably be best to explicitly remove exactly what you want like

replace(/[.,-\/#!$%\^&\*;:{}=\-_`~()]/g,"")

Doing the above still doesn't return the string as you have specified it. If you want to remove any extra spaces that were left over from removing crazy punctuation, then you are going to want to do something like

replace(/\s{2,}/g," ");

My full example:

var s = "This., -/ is #! an $ % ^ & * example ;: {} of a = -_ string with `~)() punctuation"; var punctuationless = s.replace(/[.,-\/#!$%\^&\*;:{}=\-_`~()]/g,""); var finalString = punctuationless.replace(/\s{2,}/g," ");

Results of running code in firebug console:

alt text

If you want to remove specific punctuation from a string, it will probably be best to explicitly remove exactly what you want like

replace(/[.,\-\/#!$%\^&\*;:{}=\-_`~()]/g,"")

Doing the above still doesn't return the string as you have specified it. If you want to remove any extra spaces that were left over from removing crazy punctuation, then you are going to want to do something like

replace(/\s{2,}/g," ");

My full example:

var s = "This., -/ is #! an $ % ^ & * example ;: {} of a = -_ string with `~)() punctuation"; var punctuationless = s.replace(/[.,\-\/#!$%\^&\*;:{}=\-_`~()]/g,""); var finalString = punctuationless.replace(/\s{2,}/g," ");

Results of running code in firebug console:

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/[.]/ is the same as /[\.]/

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edited Aug 3, 2015 at 0:26

royhowie

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If you want to remove specific punctuation from a string, it will probably be best to explicitly remove exactly what you want like

replace(/[\[.,-\/#!$%\^&\*;:{}=\-_`~()]/g,"")

Doing the above still doesn't return the string as you have specified it. If you want to remove any extra spaces that were left over from removing crazy punctuation, then you are going to want to do something like

replace(/\s{2,}/g," ");

My full example:

var s = "This., -/ is #! an $ % ^ & * example ;: {} of a = -_ string with `~)() punctuation"; var punctuationless = s.replace(/[\[.,-\/#!$%\^&\*;:{}=\-_`~()]/g,""); var finalString = punctuationless.replace(/\s{2,}/g," ");

Results of running code in firebug console:

alt text

If you want to remove specific punctuation from a string, it will probably be best to explicitly remove exactly what you want like

replace(/[\.,-\/#!$%\^&\*;:{}=\-_`~()]/g,"")

Doing the above still doesn't return the string as you have specified it. If you want to remove any extra spaces that were left over from removing crazy punctuation, then you are going to want to do something like

replace(/\s{2,}/g," ");

My full example:

var s = "This., -/ is #! an $ % ^ & * example ;: {} of a = -_ string with `~)() punctuation"; var punctuationless = s.replace(/[\.,-\/#!$%\^&\*;:{}=\-_`~()]/g,""); var finalString = punctuationless.replace(/\s{2,}/g," ");

Results of running code in firebug console:

alt text

If you want to remove specific punctuation from a string, it will probably be best to explicitly remove exactly what you want like

replace(/[.,-\/#!$%\^&\*;:{}=\-_`~()]/g,"")

Doing the above still doesn't return the string as you have specified it. If you want to remove any extra spaces that were left over from removing crazy punctuation, then you are going to want to do something like

replace(/\s{2,}/g," ");

My full example:

var s = "This., -/ is #! an $ % ^ & * example ;: {} of a = -_ string with `~)() punctuation"; var punctuationless = s.replace(/[.,-\/#!$%\^&\*;:{}=\-_`~()]/g,""); var finalString = punctuationless.replace(/\s{2,}/g," ");

Results of running code in firebug console:

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edited Sep 27, 2011 at 14:26

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