Strip ASCII

java-ascii-strip

import java.util.regex.Pattern;
import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;

public class StringUtil {

	private static final Pattern REGEX_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("[^\\p{ASCII}]+");
	
	public static String stripNonAsciiChars(String input, String repalceCharWith) {
		return (StringUtils.isBlank(input)) ? null : 
			REGEX_PATTERN.matcher(input).replaceAll(repalceCharWith);
	}
	
	public void testStripNonAsciiChars() throws Exception {
		String input = "-lrb-300-rrb- 922-6590";
		String repalceCharWith = " ";
		String output = StringUtil.stripNonAsciiChars(input, repalceCharWith);
		System.out.println(input + "--------------"+ output);
		Assert.assertTrue(!input.equalsIgnoreCase(output));
	}
}