[TF] Stripping non alpha numeric

[johans at stack.nl (J. v. Selst)]

Hi Mark,

Mark Rogo wrote:
> If I have the variable (e,w,s,n) what is the most efficent way to strip
> the () and , out?  I've come up with a couple but I am more that certain
> that they are over blown and clunky.

You can do this with the tr function from tr.tf (see /help tr)
	tr("(),", "", "(e,w,s,n)")

>From within a macro, you can call this with $[]
	/require tr.tf
	/echo $[tr("(),", "", "(e,w,s,n)")]


Ciao,
Johan