diff --git a/rxjava/src/main/java/com/baelding/rxjava/operator/cleanString.java b/rxjava/src/main/java/com/baelding/rxjava/operator/cleanString.java
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+package com.baelding.rxjava.operator;
+
+import rx.Observable.Operator;
+import rx.Subscriber;
+
+public class cleanString implements Operator<String, String> {
+
+    public cleanString() {
+        super();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Subscriber<? super String> call(final Subscriber<? super String> subscriber) {
+        return new Subscriber<String>(subscriber) {
+            @Override
+            public void onCompleted() {
+                if (!subscriber.isUnsubscribed()) {
+                    subscriber.onCompleted();
+                }
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public void onError(Throwable t) {
+                if (!subscriber.isUnsubscribed()) {
+                    subscriber.onError(t);
+                }
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public void onNext(String item) {
+                if (!subscriber.isUnsubscribed()) {
+                    final String result = item.replaceAll("[^A-Za-z0-9]", "");
+                    subscriber.onNext(result);
+                }
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
+}
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diff --git a/rxjava/src/main/java/com/baelding/rxjava/operator/toLength.java b/rxjava/src/main/java/com/baelding/rxjava/operator/toLength.java
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+package com.baelding.rxjava.operator;
+
+import rx.Observable;
+import rx.Observable.Transformer;
+import rx.functions.Func1;
+
+public class toLength implements Transformer<String, Integer> {
+    public toLength() {
+        super();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Observable<Integer> call(Observable<String> source) {
+
+        return source.map(new Func1<String, Integer>() {
+            @Override
+            public Integer call(String str) {
+                return str.length();
+            }
+        });
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/rxjava/src/test/java/com/baeldung/rxjava/RxJavaCustomOperatorUnitTest.java b/rxjava/src/test/java/com/baeldung/rxjava/RxJavaCustomOperatorUnitTest.java
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+package com.baeldung.rxjava;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.hasItems;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.hasSize;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import rx.Observable;
+import rx.Observable.Operator;
+import rx.Observable.Transformer;
+import rx.Subscriber;
+import rx.functions.Func1;
+
+import com.baelding.rxjava.operator.cleanString;
+import com.baelding.rxjava.operator.toLength;
+
+public class RxJavaCustomOperatorUnitTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenUseCleanStringOperator_thenSuccess() {
+        final List<String> list = Arrays.asList("john_1", "tom-3");
+        final List<String> results = new ArrayList<String>();
+
+        final Observable<String> observable = Observable.from(list)
+            .lift(new cleanString());
+
+        // when
+        observable.subscribe(results::add);
+
+        // then
+        assertThat(results, notNullValue());
+        assertThat(results, hasSize(2));
+        assertThat(results, hasItems("john1", "tom3"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenUseToLengthOperator_thenSuccess() {
+        final List<String> list = Arrays.asList("john", "tom");
+        final List<Integer> results = new ArrayList<Integer>();
+
+        final Observable<Integer> observable = Observable.from(list)
+            .compose(new toLength());
+
+        // when
+        observable.subscribe(results::add);
+
+        // then
+        assertThat(results, notNullValue());
+        assertThat(results, hasSize(2));
+        assertThat(results, hasItems(4, 3));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenUseFunctionOperator_thenSuccess() {
+        final Operator<String, String> cleanStringFn = subscriber -> {
+            return new Subscriber<String>(subscriber) {
+                @Override
+                public void onCompleted() {
+                    if (!subscriber.isUnsubscribed()) {
+                        subscriber.onCompleted();
+                    }
+                }
+
+                @Override
+                public void onError(Throwable t) {
+                    if (!subscriber.isUnsubscribed()) {
+                        subscriber.onError(t);
+                    }
+                }
+
+                @Override
+                public void onNext(String str) {
+                    if (!subscriber.isUnsubscribed()) {
+                        final String result = str.replaceAll("[^A-Za-z0-9]", "");
+                        subscriber.onNext(result);
+                    }
+                }
+            };
+        };
+
+        final List<String> results = new ArrayList<String>();
+        Observable.from(Arrays.asList("ap_p-l@e", "or-an?ge"))
+            .lift(cleanStringFn)
+            .subscribe(results::add);
+
+        assertThat(results, notNullValue());
+        assertThat(results, hasSize(2));
+        assertThat(results, hasItems("apple", "orange"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenUseFunctionTransformer_thenSuccess() {
+        final Transformer<String, Integer> toLengthFn = source -> {
+            return source.map(new Func1<String, Integer>() {
+                @Override
+                public Integer call(String str) {
+                    return str.length();
+                }
+            });
+        };
+
+        final List<Integer> results = new ArrayList<Integer>();
+        Observable.from(Arrays.asList("apple", "orange"))
+            .compose(toLengthFn)
+            .subscribe(results::add);
+
+        assertThat(results, notNullValue());
+        assertThat(results, hasSize(2));
+        assertThat(results, hasItems(5, 6));
+    }
+}