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).
Supports US English text only.
clean( text )
text: (Text) The text to be "cleaned" for printing purposes.
Text
You can experiment with this function in the test box below.
Test Input
clean("this
text
needs
to
be
cleaned")
returns this text needs to be cleaned
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.
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