Utility function that removes all non-alphanumeric characters from a string and returns just the numbers and letters, permits underscore, and prepends with underscore if the identifier starts with a number. This is used for converting text valid XML tags, for example.

'Declaration
 
Public Shared Function NormalizeIdentifier( _
   ByVal stringIN As String _
) As String

'Usage
 
Dim stringIN As String
Dim value As String
 
value = Utils.NormalizeIdentifier(stringIN)

public static string NormalizeIdentifier( 
   string stringIN
)

public function NormalizeIdentifier( 
    stringIN: String
): String; static; 

public static function NormalizeIdentifier( 
   stringIN : String
) : String;

public: static string* NormalizeIdentifier( 
   string* stringIN
) 

public:
static String^ NormalizeIdentifier( 
   String^ stringIN
)