Function

clean( text )

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).

See also: cleanwith(), strip()

Parameters

Keyword	Type	Description
text	Text	The text to be "cleaned" for printing purposes.

Returns

Text

Examples

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