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Sanitize String

Published in: Ruby 

Use this to sanitize a string and convert all wierd characters to your choice of delimiter

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  1. #substitute string_name for your variable or a string
  2. #substitute "-" for your choice of character
  3. #note: doesn't recognize accented characters properly
  4. string_name.gsub(/[^a-z0-9]+/i, '-')

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