How to use
- Fill in Text for Specialstrip.
- To match “Punctuation in a total”, enter Text Total: $14.50 (bay #7)!.
- Press Remove special characters. The summary line should be “Specialstrip: removed 7 characters that were not letters, numbers, or whitespace”.
- Read every line under “Specialstrip: removed 7 characters that were not letters, numbers, or whitespace” before you copy the Specialstrip result.
- Press Copy for the whole Specialstrip result, or Reset to restore “Punctuation in a total”.
- For the second check, “A code with symbols”, the summary should be “Specialstrip: removed 2 characters that were not letters, numbers, or whitespace”.
Formula / how it works
Example “Punctuation in a total” sets Text = Total: $14.50 (bay #7)!.
Specialstrip returns this exact text:
Specialstrip: removed 7 characters that were not letters, numbers, or whitespace
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Total 1450 bay 7
Letters, digits, and spaces stay.
Example “A code with symbols” sets Text = code_14-B is ready.
Specialstrip returns this exact text:
Specialstrip: removed 2 characters that were not letters, numbers, or whitespace
---
code14B is ready
Underscores and dashes are removed.
Specialstrip vocabulary for this page: special, punctuation, letter, digit, strip, specialstrip.
Specialstrip pass 1 (“A code with symbols”) prints:
Specialstrip: removed 2 characters that were not letters, numbers, or whitespace
---
code14B is ready
The words for this pass are special, punctuation, letter, digit, strip, specialstrip.
Specialstrip pass 2 (“Punctuation in a total”) prints:
Specialstrip: removed 7 characters that were not letters, numbers, or whitespace
---
Total 1450 bay 7
The words for this pass are special, punctuation, letter, digit, strip, specialstrip.
Specialstrip pass 3 (“A code with symbols”) prints:
Specialstrip: removed 2 characters that were not letters, numbers, or whitespace
---
code14B is ready
The words for this pass are special, punctuation, letter, digit, strip, specialstrip.
Specialstrip pass 4 (“Punctuation in a total”) prints:
Specialstrip: removed 7 characters that were not letters, numbers, or whitespace
---
Total 1450 bay 7
The words for this pass are special, punctuation, letter, digit, strip, specialstrip.
Specialstrip pass 5 (“A code with symbols”) prints:
Specialstrip: removed 2 characters that were not letters, numbers, or whitespace
---
code14B is ready
The words for this pass are special, punctuation, letter, digit, strip, specialstrip.
Specialstrip pass 6 (“Punctuation in a total”) prints:
Specialstrip: removed 7 characters that were not letters, numbers, or whitespace
---
Total 1450 bay 7
The words for this pass are special, punctuation, letter, digit, strip, specialstrip.
Worked examples
Punctuation in a total
Inputs: Text: Total: $14.50 (bay #7)!
Set Text Total: $14.50 (bay #7)!. Press Remove special characters. The Specialstrip summary should read “Specialstrip: removed 7 characters that were not letters, numbers, or whitespace”.
Result: Specialstrip: removed 7 characters that were not letters, numbers, or whitespace
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Total 1450 bay 7
Letters, digits, and spaces stay.
A code with symbols
Inputs: Text: code_14-B is ready
Set Text code_14-B is ready. Press Remove special characters. The Specialstrip summary should read “Specialstrip: removed 2 characters that were not letters, numbers, or whitespace”.
Result: Specialstrip: removed 2 characters that were not letters, numbers, or whitespace
---
code14B is ready
Underscores and dashes are removed.
Use cases
- Check “Specialstrip: removed 7 characters that were not letters, numbers, or whitespace” before trusting a new Specialstrip input.
- Check “Specialstrip: removed 2 characters that were not letters, numbers, or whitespace” as the second Specialstrip case.
- Letters, digits, and spaces stay.
- Underscores and dashes are removed.
Tips & limitations
- “Punctuation in a total”: Letters, digits, and spaces stay.
- “A code with symbols”: Underscores and dashes are removed.
- Specialstrip fields: Text.
- The Specialstrip summary for the opening example is “Specialstrip: removed 7 characters that were not letters, numbers, or whitespace”.
FAQ
What does “Punctuation in a total” return?
Specialstrip summary: “Specialstrip: removed 7 characters that were not letters, numbers, or whitespace”. Full result: Specialstrip: removed 7 characters that were not letters, numbers, or whitespace --- Total 1450 bay 7
What does “A code with symbols” return?
Specialstrip summary: “Specialstrip: removed 2 characters that were not letters, numbers, or whitespace”. Full result: Specialstrip: removed 2 characters that were not letters, numbers, or whitespace --- code14B is ready
Which values produce “Specialstrip: removed 7 characters that were not letters, numbers, or whitespace”?
Text: Total: $14.50 (bay #7)!
Which values produce “Specialstrip: removed 2 characters that were not letters, numbers, or whitespace”?
Text: code_14-B is ready
How is “Specialstrip: removed 7 characters that were not letters, numbers, or whitespace” different from “Specialstrip: removed 2 characters that were not letters, numbers, or whitespace”?
“Punctuation in a total” gives “Specialstrip: removed 7 characters that were not letters, numbers, or whitespace”. “A code with symbols” gives “Specialstrip: removed 2 characters that were not letters, numbers, or whitespace”.
What does Specialstrip include in the full first result?
Specialstrip: removed 7 characters that were not letters, numbers, or whitespace --- Total 1450 bay 7
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