Returns the specified text, minus any characters not considered printable. Printable characters are the 95 printable ASCII characters plus three special characters: BACKSPACE (0x08), TAB (0x09), and NEWLINE (0x0a).

Syntax

clean( text )

text: (Text) The text to be "cleaned" for printing purposes.

Returns

Text

Examples

You can experiment with this function in the test box below.

Test Input

clean( "Please enter value in £" )

TEST

clean("this     text    needs    to   be   cleaned") returns this text needs to be cleaned

See Also

cleanwith(): Use this function to perform the same operation as the clean() function, but with a custom set of characters.

strip(): Use this function to perform the opposite to the clean() function.