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Some simple character replacement via Regex in PowerShell
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Invoke-RegexReplaceTest.ps1
# Regex Examples with -Replace
$testString = "ABCabc 123456_!#$%"
Write-Host "Remove all numbers in a string" -ForegroundColor Yellow
"Before: $testString"
"After: $($testString -replace '\d')"
""
Write-Host "Remove everything but numbers from a string" -ForegroundColor Yellow
"Before: $testString"
"After: $($testString -replace '\D')"
""
Write-Host "Remove whitespace characters (spaces, tabs, etc) from a string" -ForegroundColor Yellow
"Before: $testString"
"After: $($testString -replace '\s')"
""
Write-Host "Remove specific characters from a string" -ForegroundColor Yellow
"Before: $testString"
"After: $($testString -replace '[!$]')"
""
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