Hi,

I have a code snippet that cleans a string of various characters.

Code:
    Public Function cleanthis(ByRef stringer As String) As String

        Dim stringtest As String = stringer.Trim
        stringtest = stringtest.Replace("/", " ")
        stringtest = stringtest.Replace(":", " ")
        stringtest = stringtest.Replace(";", " ")
        stringtest = stringtest.Replace("'", "")
        stringtest = stringtest.Replace("(", "")
        stringtest = stringtest.Replace(")", "")
        stringtest = stringtest.Replace(" ", "-")
        stringtest = stringtest.Replace("---", "-")
        stringtest = stringtest.Replace("--", "-")
        stringtest = stringtest.Replace("&", "and")
        stringtest = stringtest.Replace(",", "")
        cleanthis= stringtest.Trim

    End Function
Is there a better way to do it than this?

Thanks for any help you can give.

Regards

Peter