Remove punctuation characters from a string.
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> Remove punctuation characters from a string.
``bash`
npm install @stdlib/string-remove-punctuation
`javascript`
var removePunctuation = require( '@stdlib/string-remove-punctuation' );
#### removePunctuation( str )
Removes punctuation characters from a string.
`javascript`
var str = removePunctuation( 'Sun Tzu said: "A leader leads by example not by force."' );
// returns 'Sun Tzu said A leader leads by example not by force'
The function removes the following characters:
| description | value | |
| :--------------: | :-----: | --- |
| Apostrophe | ` | |{ }
| Braces | | |[ ]
| Brackets | | |:
| Colon | | |,
| Comma | | |!
| Exclamation Mark | | |/
| Fraction Slash | | |< >
| Guillemets | | |( )
| Parentheses | | |.
| Period | | |;
| Semicolon | | |~
| Tilde | | | | \
| Vertical Bar | \ |?
| Question Mark | | |' "
| Quotation Marks | | |
`javascript
var removePunctuation = require( '@stdlib/string-remove-punctuation' );
var str;
var out;
str = 'Double, double, toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble!';
out = removePunctuation( str );
// returns 'Double double toil and trouble Fire burn and cauldron bubble'
str = 'This module removes these characters: {}[]:,!/<>().;~|?\'"';
out = removePunctuation( str );
// returns 'This module removes these characters '
str = 'We have to hold the border – at all cost';
out = removePunctuation( str );
// returns 'We have to hold the border at all cost'
str = 'This a sentence without punctuation';
out = removePunctuation( str );
// returns 'This a sentence without punctuation'
``
- [@stdlib/string-remove-punctuation-cli][@stdlib/string-remove-punctuation-cli]: CLI package for use as a command-line utility.
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