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Posted by shimmyshack on 06/22/07 15:06
On Jun 22, 3:54 pm, aqua...@cox.net wrote:
> On Jun 22, 9:49 am, shimmyshack <matt.fa...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Jun 22, 3:44 pm, shimmyshack <matt.fa...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > On Jun 22, 3:27 pm, aqua...@cox.net wrote:
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> > > > I am parsing some text files that have all the spacing between words
> > > > doubled. The space between characters is one instead of zero, and the
> > > > space between words is two instead of one.
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> > > > I am trying to create a regular expression that replaces the single
> > > > space between the characters in the words with no space. Something
> > > > like preg_replace('/.\s.','',$string).
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> > > > Obviously, the above code doesn't do the trick, but that is the idea.
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> > > > Can someone please show me the way? Thank you.
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> > > you mean
> > > $strText = preg_replace('/\s\s+/', ' ', $strText);
> > > which makes all multiple spaces into a single space, leaving those
> > > with just one untouched for speed
> > > or
> > > $strText = str_replace( ' ',' ',$strText );
> > > which converts doubles to singles, str_replace is fastest.
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> > sorry I didn't quite understand, what yuo want is to kill a single
> > space wherever it is found - once.
> > $strText = str_replace( ' ','',$strText );
> > job done, no spaces in between characters, and only one in between
> > words, sorry should have read more carefully!- Hide quoted text -
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> > - Show quoted text -
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> that's what i would have thought, but str_replace( ' ','',$strText )
> removes all the spaces,
> not just the single space.
sorry I am going MAD, simply here it is (now thats what I get for not
thinking!!!)
$strText = preg_replace('/\b\s/', '', $strText);
sorry Im such a twit - too much coffee for me!
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