Remove Punctuation

Remove punctuation characters from a string.

Installation

npm install @stdlib/string-remove-punctuation

Usage

var removePunctuation = require( '@stdlib/string-remove-punctuation' );

removePunctuation( str )

Removes punctuation characters from a string.

var str = removePunctuation( 'Sun Tzu said: "A leader leads by example not by force."' );
// returns 'Sun Tzu said A leader leads by example not by force'

The function removes the following characters:

| description | value | | | :--------------: | :-----: | --- | | Apostrophe | ` | | | Braces | { } | | | Brackets | [ ] | | | Colon | : | | | Comma | , | | | Exclamation Mark | ! | | | Fraction Slash | / | | | Guillemets | < > | | | Parentheses | ( ) | | | Period | . | | | Semicolon | ; | | | Tilde | ~ | | | Vertical Bar | ` | ` | | Question Mark | ? | | | Quotation Marks | ' " | |

Examples

var removePunctuation = require( '@stdlib/string-remove-punctuation' );

var str;
var out;

str = 'Double, double, toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble!';
out = removePunctuation( str );
// returns 'Double double toil and trouble Fire burn and cauldron bubble'

str = 'This module removes these characters: `{}[]:,!/<>().;~|?\'"';
out = removePunctuation( str );
// returns 'This module removes these characters '

str = 'We have to hold the border – at all cost';
out = removePunctuation( str );
// returns 'We have to hold the border  at all cost'

str = 'This a sentence without punctuation';
out = removePunctuation( str );
// returns 'This a sentence without punctuation'

See Also

• @stdlib/string-remove-punctuation-cli: CLI package for use as a command-line utility.

Notice

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