// strip punctuaction, then trim
public static string StripPunctuation(string inTerm)
{
int length = inTerm.Length;
char[] temp = new char[length];
int index = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < length; i++)
{
char tempChar = inTerm[i];
if (CharUtil.IsPunctuation(tempChar) == false)
{
temp[index] = tempChar;
index++;
}
}
string @out = new string(temp);
return(@out.Trim(new char[] { ' ', '\x00' })); // must be trimmed
}