filter out offensive phase/text

[Sam]

Hi all,

I have feedback page which allows users to submit input text. Is there a way
to filter out offensive language (some kind of validation check), say I have
a list of words in a table that I want to check against. Any help would be
greatly appreciated.

Regards,

Sam

 

[John Timney \( MVP \)]

there are examples around - for instance
http://www.dotnetjohn.com/articles.aspx?articleid=46

 

[Swanand Mokashi]

You can have 2 columns in a sql table - offensive word and what you want it
replaced by eg would be ass (WordToReplace) and a** (ReplaceBy)

then you can get that data in your code and loop through the rows and
replace the offensive word (if found in the input text) and replace it with
what you want it replaced with.

So user enters "you are an ass" then

foreach (DataRow badWord in badWordsDataTable)//get the data loop going
{
//say userInput is the string that contains the user input
userInput = userInput.Replace(badWord["WordToReplace"],
badWord["ReplaceBy"]);
}

HTH
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Hi all,

I have feedback page which allows users to submit input text. Is there a
way to filter out offensive language (some kind of validation check), say
I have a list of words in a table that I want to check against. Any help
would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,

Sam

--

 

[Sam]

Thanks so lots for the help guys

 

[Mark Rae]

You can have 2 columns in a sql table - offensive word and what you want
it replaced by eg would be ass (WordToReplace) and a** (ReplaceBy)

Does anyone remember many years ago when CompuServe implemented a similar
function on their online registration process...?

For a while, no-one in the town of Scunthorpe in the UK was able to
register...

 

[Swanand Mokashi]

That is why you replace the offensive word by *** instead of not allowing
the user to post the information

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Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (.NET) - Early Achiever
Microsoft Certified Application Developer (.NET)

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