cicorias · March 6, 2016 18:14
diff --git a/regex-string-whitelist.js b/regex-string-whitelist.js
 // in the regex, the carrot(^) negates the match, so if the stringToReplace contains something that is not a-z or 0-9 it will be replaced
 // In this case the desired string will only be alpha numeric characters, stripping out spaces and symbols
 // Help from: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4374822/javascript-regexp-remove-all-special-characters
 var desired = stringToReplace.replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/gi, '')
	// in the regex, the carrot(^) negates the match, so if the stringToReplace contains something that is not a-z or 0-9 it will be replaced
	// In this case the desired string will only be alpha numeric characters, stripping out spaces and symbols
	// Help from: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4374822/javascript-regexp-remove-all-special-characters
	var desired = stringToReplace.replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/gi, '')