Javascript Function Code to Clean Up String

JS Function to Clean up String Being Precise with what you Remove or Keep in the String Including: Line breaks, Tabs, Multiple Spaces, Carriage Returns, Non Numbers and Letters

The below function will allow you to really clean up a string being precise with what you remove or keep in the string including ...

• Line breaks (which get converted to a single space).
• Tabs.
• Multiple spaces.
• Carriage returns/new lines.
• Non numbers and letters.

function clean_string( str_to_clean, blinebreaks_to_space = true, bremove_tabs = true, bremove_multiple_spaces = true, bremove_nonalpha = true ){ // REMOVE EVERYTHING NOT NUMBER, LETTER OR :_- if(bremove_nonalpha){ str_to_clean = str_to_clean.replace(/[^a-zA-Z\d\s:]/g, ''); } // REPLACE LINE BREAKS WITH SPACE if(blinebreaks_to_space){ str_to_clean = str_to_clean.replace(/[\r\n]/gm,' '); } // REMOVE TABS if(bremove_tabs){ str_to_clean = str_to_clean.replace(/\t/g,''); } // REMOVE MULTIPLE SPACES if(bremove_multiple_spaces){ str_to_clean = str_to_clean.replace(/ +/g, ' '); } return str_to_clean; }