[RESOLVED] Remove All Whitespace

[dday9]

I am wanting to remove all whitespace from a String. I know that I can use LINQ or RegEx:

'LINQ
Dim input As String = New String(Console.ReadLine().Where(Function(c) Not Char.IsWhitespace(c)).ToArray())

'RegEx
Dim input As String = New Regex("\s+").Replace(Console.ReadLine, String.Empty)

However, I find it odd that I cannot do the same thing using only the System namespace without having to loop through the String. For example, I've tried this:

'Replace
Dim input As String = Console.ReadLine().Replace(" ", String.Empty)

However, this will not remove whitespace like double spaces. So then I tried:

'Concat/Split
Dim input As String = String.Concat(Console.ReadLine().Split({" "c}, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries))

But this also doesn't account for whitespace like double spaces. Ultimately the only thing that I could get to work is:

'For/Next Loop
Dim input As String = Console.ReadLine()
For x As Integer = input.Length - 1 To 0 Step -1
    If Char.IsWhiteSpace(input(x)) Then
        input = input.Remove(x, 1)
    End If
Next

So my question to you is there any 1 liners that could do the same thing that the LINQ, RegEx, or For/Next loop examples do?

[dday9]

Found the solution here: http://stackoverflow.com/a/25288858

Dim input As String = String.Concat(Console.ReadLine().Split(New Char() {}, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries))