[RESOLVED] [2005] Simple Question

What's the best method to turn multiple spaces in a string into one?

So for instance I have something like

"Word1 Space(5) Word2 Space(6) Word3"

I want to make it so that there is only one space between the words:

"Word1 Word2 Word3"


Best way? I've been doing .Net for a while and I just had a mind blank when I came across this.


Thanks!

You'd use Regex.Replace. My knowledge of regular expression syntax is fairly rudimentary though, so I don't know what the pattern for two or more spaces is. It would be quite simple though, so you can try to research it for yourself or just wait for someone else to provide it for you.

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[2005] String.Trim help

the answer was supplied by Wild Bill

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Originally Posted by rjdpa

What's the best method to turn multiple spaces in a string into one?

So for instance I have something like

"Word1 Space(5) Word2 Space(6) Word3"

I want to make it so that there is only one space between the words:

"Word1 Word2 Word3"


Best way? I've been doing .Net for a while and I just had a mind blank when I came across this.


Thanks!

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Hi,

You can try this:

Code:

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(Word1) & Space(1) & (Word2) & Space(1) & (Word3))

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Here's a small test, 3 textboxes and a button and in the button event this code:

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MsgBox((TextBox1.Text) & Space(1) & (TextBox2.Text) & Space(1) & (TextBox3.Text))

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Hope it helps you,

sparrow1

I'll go with JMC suggestion. Try something like this:

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Dim originalString As String = "This  is  some    text with  various        spacings  between words"
Dim modifiedString As String = System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex.Replace(originalString, "\s{2,}", " ")
MessageBox.Show(modifiedString)

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Originally Posted by CoachBarker

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[2005] String.Trim help

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that only works for trimming leading and trailing spaces.... doesn't remove multiple spaces between words..

sparrow - um..... I think you missed the point.... the string is already assembled and it has multiple spaces between the words....

stanav probably has the ideal solution....

-tg

This is an alternative if you want to avoid RegEx:

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            Dim str As String = "feai  ew f we  fe ewf    j iewf"
            While str.IndexOf(Space(2)) > 0
                str = str.Replace(Space(2), Space(1))
            End While

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Originally Posted by trisuglow

This is an alternative if you want to avoid RegEx:

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            Dim str As String = "feai  ew f we  fe ewf    j iewf"
            While str.IndexOf(Space(2)) > 0
                str = str.Replace(Space(2), Space(1))
            End While

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This worked perfect! thank you!