Delete more than one strange letter from the word

[Mohamed Hameed]

I know this code
.replace(/-/g, '');
Delete only one letter of a word or text
But there are some words that contain more than one symbol or strange character such as ( ! @ # $ % ^ & * )

I just want to modify the code to delete any letter or group of letters inside the word

[Stephen_A_Marsh · Accepted solution]

@Mohamed Hameed 

That appears to be a literal hyphen character, not a "metacharacter".

To delete anything that is not an upper/lowercase alphabetical letter, number, hyphen, underscore or space:

.replace(/[^A-Za-z0-9-_ ]/g, '');

Basically, whatever literal character inside the [^] is retained. You are specifying what to keep, with everything not explicitly set removed.

The input string of:

MY TEXT! @ # $ % ^ & *

Would result in:

MY TEXT       

However, there would be some consecutive garbage word spaces left at the end, therefore, a second regex cleanup would be required:

.replace(/ +$/g, '');

That being said, regex is very much case-dependent, so generic replies as above may or may not be 100% successful without real examples.

[Mohamed Hameed]

@Stephen_A_Marsh 

Thank you for your continued cooperation with me
You are doing a great favor with everyone
With all my heart I thank you very much and wish you success always