Remove Control Chars
RegularExpressions.Regex.Replace(value, "[^\t -~]", "")
Remove Non Alpha Chars
RegularExpressions.Regex.Replace(value, "[^A-Za-z0-9]", "")
Remove Control Chars
RegularExpressions.Regex.Replace(value, "[^\t -~]", "")
Remove Non Alpha Chars
RegularExpressions.Regex.Replace(value, "[^A-Za-z0-9]", "")
Dim fn As String = "c:\joy\linkage.xml"
Dim doc As XPathDocument = New XPathDocument(fn)
Dim nav As XPathNavigator = doc.CreateNavigator
Dim expr As XPathExpression = nav.Compile("set:distinct(/DocumentElement/tLinkage/link_key_2)")
Dim nt As Xml.XmlNameTable = doc.CreateNavigator.NameTable
expr.SetContext(New ExsltContext(nt))
Dim ni As XPathNodeIterator = nav.Select(expr)
For Each i In ni
Console.WriteLine(i.value)
Next