How to remove all non-ASCII characters from a string in Scala

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object RemoveNonASCII {
  def removeNonASCII(input: String): String = {
    input.filter(ch => ch.toInt <= 127)
  }

  def main(args: Array[String]): Unit = {
    val input = "©€ABC£µ¥xyz!® 123 こんにちは"
    val filtered = removeNonASCII(input)

    println(s"Filtered string: $filtered")
  }
}


 
/*
run:

Filtered string: ABCxyz! 123 

*/

 



answered Jun 13, 2025 by avibootz
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