title: Strip all punctuation from a string in VB.net
body: <p>How do I strip all punctuation from a string in vb.net? I really do not want to do <code>stringname.Replace("$", "")</code> for every single bit of punctuation, though it would work.</p>
  
  <p>How do i do this quickly and efficiently?</p>
  
  <p>Other than coding something that codes this for me....</p>