Replace special escape characters in String

The below method will replace all special or escape characters in a provided String.

This is of use, if you have to use before unknown Strings from any source for example in a file name.

Source Code

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' @Author - Alexander Bolte
' @Description - replaces all characters, which match the pattern "[^A-Za-z0-9-_ ]" in a given String.
' @Param aText - a String in which invalid characters should be replaced.
' Returns the handed String from aText excluding all replaced characters.
Public Function replaceSpecialCharacters(ByVal aText As String) As String
    Dim regEx As New RegExp
    Const cReplEscapeChar As String = "[^A-Za-z0-9-_ ]"
    
    regEx.pattern = cReplEscapeChar
    regEx.Global = True
    regEx.IgnoreCase = True
    aText = regEx.Replace(aText, "")
    
    replaceSpecialCharacters = aText
End Function

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