Remove double spaces between words(Resolved)

Hi,

I have a textBox for the user to key in their name. Please help me how do remove or avoid the double spaces between words.

Thanks !
Vivian

First, add this code to your project...it will remove all instances of 2 or more spaces, so there will only be 1 space.

VB Code:

Function SingleSpaces(ByVal TextString As String) As String
Dim lonLen As Long, lonLoop As Long
Dim strCur As String, strNext As String
Dim strTemp As String, strRet As String
 
strTemp = TextString
lonLen = Len(strTemp)
 
If lonLen = 0 Then Exit Function
 
For lonLoop = 1 To lonLen
    strCur = Mid$(strTemp, lonLoop, 1)
    
    If strCur = " " Then
        strNext = Mid$(strTemp, lonLoop + 1, 1)
        
        If Not strNext = " " Then
            strRet = strRet & strCur
        End If
        
    Else
        strRet = strRet & strCur
    End If
 
Next lonLoop
 
SingleSpaces = strRet
End Function

Then, you can remove all spaces by using the code:

VB Code:

TextBox.Text = SingleSpaces(TextBox.Text)

Where TextBox is the name of the textbox the user enters their name into.

VB Code:

Option Explicit
 
Private Sub Command_Click()
    If InStr(Text.Text, "  ") Then
        MsgBox "instr"
       Text.Text = Replace(Text.Text, "  ", " ")
    End If
End Sub

Hi,

Thanks for the help, but the problem is when the user press the space bar twice, the cursor will move back to the beginning of the words. How to solve the problem ? It has to avoid the user to press the spaces bar more than once..

vivian

VB Code:

Private Sub txtName_KeyPress(KeyAscii As Integer)
If KeyAscii = 32 Then
    
    If Len(Text1.Text) > 0 Then
        
        If Right$(Text1.Text, 1) = " " Then
            KeyAscii = 0
        End If
    
    End If
 
End If
End Sub

Thank you. Thats exactly what I want. :wave:

:thumb:
vivian