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Simple String Cleanup Utility

11 Sep 2008 (Updated 12 Sep 2008)

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Simple utility function that cleans up stray characters and spaces from strings so they can be used

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Description

Simple utility function that cleans up stray characters and spaces from strings so they can be used without causing errors or changes in format.

Function call removes anything not alphabetic or numeric, including underscore:

newstr = cleanstr(instr)

* I leave this function in my path and end up calling it pretty often. Works well with strings grabbed from filenames to be used in titles or legends on plots. Can be called embedded from those formatting statements.

MATLAB release

MATLAB 7.6 (R2008a)

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Tag	Applied By	Date/Time
strings	Rob Slazas	22 Oct 2008 10:19:03
clean	Rob Slazas	22 Oct 2008 10:19:03
cleanup	Rob Slazas	22 Oct 2008 10:19:03
string	Rob Slazas	22 Oct 2008 10:19:03
format	Rob Slazas	22 Oct 2008 10:19:03
character	Rob Slazas	22 Oct 2008 10:19:03

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