\W matcher vs whitespace? Regex

Question

I would like to remove every non alphanumeric character from a word, however I rather keep whitespaces. Is it able to somehow join these two cases together?

const word = 'dwa$-I| awd#4'.replace(/\W/g, '');
console.log(word); // whitespace removed =((

Answer 1

You can use [^\w\s] which means you're excluding alpha-numeric and space character from the search.

const word = 'dwa$-I| awd#4'.replace(/[^\w\s]/g, '');
console.log(word);