How can I change a string to make it URL friendly?

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I would like to convert a string like this:

Testing this on-the-test-forum (please/remove) if possible. test: test, "abc"

To a string like this:

testing-this-on-the-test-forum-please-remove-if-possible-test-test-abc

Does anyone have any ideas on the simplest type of function that I could use for this. What I am looking for is something very simple as I need to use this function later within LINQ.

This is called a [slug](http://stackoverflow.com/search?q=%5Bc%23%5D+slug). — dtb, Jul 28 '11 at 08:23
This is starting to look a lot more complicated than I expected :-( — Marife, Jul 28 '11 at 08:29
@Marife just take the code from the duplicate and you will be fine — Oskar Kjellin, Jul 28 '11 at 08:36

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 28 '11 at 08:29

Your easiest approach would seem to be identifying the characters that you do want in the returned string and code it based on these. So, in pseudocode:

newstring = "";

foreach(character in newstring.tolower)
    if(character in allowedcharacters)
        newstring+=character;
    else
        newstring+="-";

return newstring.replace("--","-");

That should be a start for you.

How can I change a string to make it URL friendly?

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