Clean and simplify a user entered name to make a Stripe 22 character friendly merchant name

statementFriendly.go

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"regexp"
	"strings"
)

var re *regexp.Regexp

func init() {
	re = regexp.MustCompile(`[^\w]`)
}

func BankFriendlyReceipt(str string) string {
	str = re.ReplaceAllString(str, "")
	str = strings.Title(str)
	str = strings.Replace(str, " ", "", -1)
	return string("FW*" + str)[:22]
}

func main() {
	merchantName := "Lawrence's &@$*(& Legal Services"
	fmt.Println(merchantName)
	fmt.Println(BankFriendlyReceipt(merchantName), "is", len(BankFriendlyReceipt(merchantName)), "characters long")
}