FR: removeInvalidFileCharacters() for String

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just made a logger that uses __DATE__ and __TIME__ in its file name and juce refused to create the files. gladly I have github copilot which suggested me to use removeCharacters(“:”) on the string to make it a valid file name on windows.

  1. i wouldn’t have thought of that on my own.
    2.i don’t feel very safe about this solution. it might be specific to my exact machine.

that’s why I’d like to suggest a new function for juce::String that returns the same string but with valid file characters only

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I think the following functions within the File class will do what you want:

static String createLegalFileName (const String& fileNameToFix);

static String createLegalPathName (const String& pathNameToFix);
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ooh, that’s why i didn’t find it. awesome, thx

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