replace() and reg Exp

using RegEx to sanitize a string

by Randy Crews

HTML

<div id="sometxt">    </div>

JavaScript

var shortstring = '!&;ausufbutu_ *jshhhti isaidasdu ausduu %';
var output = shortstring.replace(/[^a-zA-Z 0-9]+/g,'');
$('#sometxt').text(output);