How can I change a string to make it URL friendly? [duplicate]

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I would like to convert a string like this:

Testing this on-the-test-forum (please/remove) if possible. test: test, "abc"

To a string like this:

testing-this-on-the-test-forum-please-remove-if-possible-test-test-abc

Does anyone have any ideas on the simplest type of function that I could use for this. What I am looking for is something very simple as I need to use this function later within LINQ.

This is starting to look a lot more complicated than I expected :-( — Marife
– Marife, Commented Jul 28, 2011 at 8:29
@Marife just take the code from the duplicate and you will be fine — Oskar Kjellin
– Oskar Kjellin, Commented Jul 28, 2011 at 8:36

Schroedingers Cat · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-28 08:29:08Z

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Your easiest approach would seem to be identifying the characters that you do want in the returned string and code it based on these. So, in pseudocode:

newstring = "";

foreach(character in newstring.tolower)
    if(character in allowedcharacters)
        newstring+=character;
    else
        newstring+="-";

return newstring.replace("--","-");

That should be a start for you.

answered Jul 28, 2011 at 8:29

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