title: Shorter way to remove non-characters than gsub(/\d|\W/, "")
body: <pre><code>my_string = 'Here's the #: 49848! - but will dashes, commas &amp; stars (*) show?'
  
  puts src.gsub(/\d|\W/, "")
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>i.e. can I remove the or ("|").</p>
  
  <p>Here's how I got here, can I get shorter? </p>
  
  <pre><code>src =  "Here's the #: 49848! - but will dashes, commas &amp; stars (*) show?"
  puts "A) - " + src
  puts "B) - " + src.gsub(/\d\s?/, "")
  puts "C) - " + src.gsub(/\W\s?/, "")
  puts "D) - " + src.gsub(/\d|\W\s?/, "")
  puts "E) - " + src.gsub(/\d|\W/, "")
  puts "F) - " + src
  
  A) - Here's the #: 49848! - but will dashes, commas &amp; stars (*) show?
  B) - Here's the #: ! - but will dashes, commas &amp; stars (*) show?
  C) - Heresthe49848butwilldashescommasstarsshow
  D) - Heresthebutwilldashescommasstarsshow
  E) - Heresthebutwilldashescommasstarsshow
  F) - Here's the #: 49848! - but will dashes, commas &amp; stars (*) show?
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>n.d. D) and E) are what I want for output.  Just characters.</p>