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Asked: 2026-05-23T23:30:45+00:00

I am trying to write a VB function to strip unwanted characters from a

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I am trying to write a VB function to strip unwanted characters from a string. It is for generating a ‘clean’ url from data that has been inputted into a CMS. Someone has copied and pasted from a Word document and so there appears to be an mdash or ndash in the product title. This results in ─ appearing instead of –

I have tried a Replace(text, Chr(196), Chr(45)) but it isn’t working so it can’t be 196. Is there a tool or something where I can copy this character and paste it into the tool and it will tell me what char code it is?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Try here or here. From 2nd link I can see that your char is alt150

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