Remove all non-numeric characters except spaces

Question

I'm using this regex to get just a number back.

Regex.Replace(foo, "[^.0-9]", "")

How do I make it not remove spaces?

Are you accepting periods? Then surely you should also accept `E` and `-`, for obvious reasons. — Mr Lister, Mar 20 '12 at 13:52

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 20 '12 at 13:50

8

That's easy:

Regex.Replace(foo, "[^.0-9\\s]", "")

answered Mar 20 '12 at 13:50

Nuffin

Note that `\s` covers several different whitespace characters, not just codepoint 32. – LukeH Mar 20 '12 at 14:08

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 20 '12 at 14:00

2

You may find the Regex slightly easier to read with the @"" terminology (no need to escape the backslash:

Regex.Replace(foo, @"[^.0-9\s]", "")

answered Mar 20 '12 at 14:00

Barry Kaye

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 20 '12 at 13:51

1

How about something like this:

[^(.0-9)|( )]

answered Mar 20 '12 at 13:51

Justin Pihony

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 20 '12 at 13:51

0

Regex.Replace(yourString, "[^.0-9\\s]", "");

answered Mar 20 '12 at 13:51

Dummy01

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