How to useUnicode in JavaScript regEx in Javascript

  • This approach uses a Regular Expression to remove the Non-ASCII characters from the string like in the previous example.
  • It specifies the Unicode for the characters to remove. The range of characters between (0080 – FFFF) is removed.
  • Use .replace() method to replace the Non-ASCII characters with the empty string.

Example: This example implements the above approach. 

Javascript
// Input String
let str = "Hidd©©©en??Ascii ©©®®®Charac££ter";
// Display input string
console.log(str);

// Function to remove ASCII characters
// and display the output
function gfg_Run() {
    
    // Using RegEx and replace method with Unicodes
    str = str.replace(/[\u{0080}-\u{FFFF}]/gu, "");
    
    // Display output
    console.log(str);
}

// Funcion call
gfg_Run();

Output
Hidd©©©en??Ascii ©©®®®Charac££ter
Hidden??Ascii Character

How to remove all Non-ASCII characters from the string using JavaScript ?

In this article, we are given a string containing some non-ASCII characters and the task is to remove all non-ASCII characters from the given string.

Approaches to remove all Non-ASCII Characters from String:

Table of Content

  • Using ASCII values in JavaScript regEx
  • Using Unicode in JavaScript regEx
  • Using ASCII values with the Array filter method

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