[Resolved] strip out %%% from a string

[byte_me]

I have managed to extract data from a flat text file, put it into a string but have discovered that it holds some extra characters it shouldn't have:

%-%% dotted about the string (produced by a perl script) How do I remove the %-%% from the string without writing back to the file (I open it as read only because it's ownership belongs to the perl script)

I have managed to strip out the %-%% by

$description = preg_replace("/[^{[:alnum:]]/",} " ", $description);

Trouble is it replaces them with spaces so I get 4 spaces where they were the %-%%. How do I get rid of the extra spaces without killing all spaces?????

Any help appreciated

[ScubaKing22]

Simple:

$description = preg_replace("/[^[:alnum:]]/", "", $description); 

Just replace that " " with "" and should replace them with nothing. In other words, simply delete them.

[byte_me]

Hmm,

Tried that and it deleted all spaces too................

Any other ideas?

[ScubaKing22]

You could try str_replace():

$var=str_replace("%","",$var);

[byte_me]

Ah yes, that worked a treat. Many thanks for ALL help.