Re^2: regex to remove all non a-z and spaces

This regex isn't exactly working for me.

   $cleaned_search =~ s/[^a-z0-9 ]+//gi;
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I keep getting files named "this+is a test.html", "the+farmer saves the day" and "i+hate this stuff.html".

I thought it was the + so I removed it and the regex is still adding a + sign in my string when it wasn't there before. I also can't add any weird characters because it errors out when it tries to create the file. IE: if I used \ it said it failed to open on a closed filehandle or something.

So it seems this regex isn't working at all.

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Re^3: regex to remove all non a-z and spaces by muntfish (Chaplain) on May 16, 2005 at 08:56 UTC
There's no way that statement on its own would add a + sign. I think you need to give us a bit more context in order to find the cause of the problem: a few more lines of your code; what your input looks like; what your output looks like; and what you expect your output to look like... Then we'll be able to help you out, hopefully. s^^unp(;75N=&9I<V@`ack(u,^;s\|\(.+\`\|"$`$'\"$&\"\)"\|ee;/m.+h/&&print$&	[reply] [d/l]

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Re^3: regex to remove all non a-z and spaces
by muntfish (Chaplain) on May 16, 2005 at 08:56 UTC

There's no way that statement on its own would add a + sign.

I think you need to give us a bit more context in order to find the cause of the problem: a few more lines of your code; what your input looks like; what your output looks like; and what you expect your output to look like...

Then we'll be able to help you out, hopefully.

s^^unp(;75N=&9I<V@`ack(u,^;s|$.+\`|"$`$'\"$&\"$"|ee;/m.+h/&&print$&

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