Remove all [A-z] from string

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I am trying to remove all of the A-z from this string:

aosif$!oias832unaca818

So far, I have

[^A-z]+

However, I need this to not stop once it finds the first match. I thought that's what greedy did :)

What is the expected output? Also, what exactly do you want to remove, *only non-English letters*? — Wiktor Stribiżew, May 20 '15 at 10:56
what language are you using? in javascript for example you must add a `g` modifier to match all occurences — Pedro Sanção, May 20 '15 at 10:58
`[^A-z]+` just matches for a character and does not remove it at all. — Smutje, May 20 '15 at 10:59
I'd be after getting back `$!832818`. I am just using a basic text editor, namely np++. English, exactly :) — Jamie Hutber, May 20 '15 at 11:00
`-` define a range in a character class, take a look at the ascii table to know exactly what contains the `A-z` range. — Casimir et Hippolyte, May 20 '15 at 11:10
@Thealon: The regex flavor is close to PCRE, but it does not matter here since the regex required is really simple and could work in most if not all regex flavors. — Wiktor Stribiżew, May 20 '15 at 11:37

score 6 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:52

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Mind that [A-z] range also includes some non-letters (see [A-z] and [a-zA-Z] difference).

Use

[A-Za-z]

Replace with empty string.

See demo - result - $!832818

In Notepad++, you may turn off case matching (Match case must be OFF) and then use a simpler [a-z] regex:

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edited May 23 '17 at 11:52

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answered May 20 '15 at 11:02

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered May 20 '15 at 11:03

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try doing this in your editor:

replace all [a-zA-Z] by empty.

you may need switch the regex option on, depends on your editor.

test with sed :

kent$  echo 'aosif$!oias832unaca818'|sed 's/[a-zA-Z]//g'
$!832818

answered May 20 '15 at 11:03

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered May 20 '15 at 11:05

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You mention in the comments your using np++

in the search just put [a-z] replace leave as an empty sting, Check the regex box and uncheck the "match case" box. replace all and you have the required result

answered May 20 '15 at 11:05

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