matches \w (alphanumerics and underscore) is removed.

        """

        # Transform all whitespace to underscore

        idstring = re.sub(r'\s', "_", idstring)

        # Remove everything that is not a hyphen or a member of \w

        idstring = re.sub(r'(?!-)\W', "", idstring).lower()

        return idstring

    def prepare(self, inline_diff=True):

        """

        Prepare the passed udiff for HTML rendering. It'll return a list

        of dicts with diff information

        """

        parsed = self._parser(inline_diff=inline_diff)

        self.parsed = True

        self.parsed_diff = parsed

        return parsed

    def as_raw(self, diff_lines=None):

        """

        Returns raw string diff

        """

        return self._diff

        #return u''.join(imap(self._line_counter, self._diff.splitlines(1)))

    def as_html(self, table_class='code-difftable', line_class='line',

                old_lineno_class='lineno old', new_lineno_class='lineno new',

                no_lineno_class='lineno',

                code_class='code', enable_comments=False, parsed_lines=None):

        """

        Return given diff as html table with customized css classes

        """

        def _link_to_if(condition, label, url):

            """

            Generates a link if condition is meet or just the label if not.

            """

            if condition:

                return '''<a href="%(url)s">%(label)s</a>''' % {

                    'url': url,

                    'label': label

                }

            else:

                return label

        if not self.parsed:

            self.prepare()

        diff_lines = self.parsed_diff

        if parsed_lines:

            diff_lines = parsed_lines

        _html_empty = True

        _html = []

        _html.append('''<table class="%(table_class)s">\n''' % {

            'table_class': table_class

        })

        for diff in diff_lines:

            for line in diff['chunks']:

                _html_empty = False

                for change in line:

                    _html.append('''<tr class="%(lc)s %(action)s">\n''' % {

                        'lc': line_class,

                        'action': change['action']

                    })

                    anchor_old_id = ''

                    anchor_new_id = ''

                    anchor_old = "%(filename)s_o%(oldline_no)s" % {

                        'filename': self._safe_id(diff['filename']),

                        'oldline_no': change['old_lineno']

                    }

                    anchor_new = "%(filename)s_n%(oldline_no)s" % {

                        'filename': self._safe_id(diff['filename']),

                        'oldline_no': change['new_lineno']

                    }

                    cond_old = (change['old_lineno'] != '...' and

                                change['old_lineno'])

                    cond_new = (change['new_lineno'] != '...' and

                                change['new_lineno'])

                    no_lineno = (change['old_lineno'] == '...' and

                                 change['new_lineno'] == '...')

                    if cond_old:

                        anchor_old_id = 'id="%s"' % anchor_old

                    if cond_new:

                        anchor_new_id = 'id="%s"' % anchor_new

                    ###########################################################

                    # OLD LINE NUMBER

                    ###########################################################

                    _html.append('''\t<td %(a_id)s class="%(olc)s" %(colspan)s>''' % {

                        'a_id': anchor_old_id,

                        'olc': no_lineno_class if no_lineno else old_lineno_class,

                        'colspan': 'colspan="2"' if no_lineno else ''

                    })

                    _html.append('''%(link)s''' % {

                                            '#%s' % anchor_old)

                    })

                    _html.append('''</td>\n''')

                    ###########################################################

                    # NEW LINE NUMBER

                    ###########################################################

                    if not no_lineno:

                        _html.append('''\t<td %(a_id)s class="%(nlc)s">''' % {

                            'a_id': anchor_new_id,

                            'nlc': new_lineno_class

                        })

                        _html.append('''%(link)s''' % {

                            'link': _link_to_if(True, change['new_lineno'],

                                                '#%s' % anchor_new)

                        })

                        _html.append('''</td>\n''')

                    ###########################################################

                    # CODE

                    ###########################################################

                    comments = '' if enable_comments else 'no-comment'

                    _html.append('''\t<td class="%(cc)s %(inc)s">''' % {

                        'cc': code_class,

                        'inc': comments

                    })

                    _html.append('''\n\t\t<div class="add-bubble"><div>&nbsp;</div></div><pre>%(code)s</pre>\n''' % {

                        'code': change['line']

                    })

                    _html.append('''\t</td>''')

                    _html.append('''\n</tr>\n''')

        _html.append('''</table>''')

        if _html_empty:

            return None

        return ''.join(_html)

    def stat(self):

        """

        Returns tuple of added, and removed lines for this instance

        """

        return self.adds, self.removes