removeNonePrintableCharacters

description

Introduced 3.1.0

Removes or replaces non printable characters from a string, whilst leaving ASCII and non ASCII characters alone.

requires

• nothing

parameters

• str - required - string to remove non printable characters from
• replaceMode - optional - boolean - defaults to false - switch to replace mode from remove mode

returns

• string minus non printable characters

example usage:

Using default input from www.soscisurvey.de/tools/view-chars:

let str = removeNonePrintableCharacters(`See what's hidden in your string… or be​hind`); // 'Seewhat's hidden in your string… or behind'

With replaceMode set to true:

let str = removeNonePrintableCharacters(`See what's hidden in your string… or be​hind`, true); // 'See what's hidden in your string…or behind'

In comparison with removeNoneASCIICharacters:

Leaves accented characters and emoji:

let str = removeNonePrintableCharacters(`Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro Altamirano 🇪🇸`); // `Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro Altamirano 🇪🇸`

Leaves characters from none Latin languages:

let str = removeNonePrintableCharacters(`Είναι πλέον κοινά παραδεκτό ότι ένας αναγνώστης αποσπάται από το περιεχόμενο που διαβάζει`); // `Είναι πλέον κοινά παραδεκτό ότι ένας αναγνώστης αποσπάται από το περιεχόμενο που διαβάζει`