Posted by aquaren on 06/22/07 14:54

On Jun 22, 9:49 am, shimmyshack <matt.fa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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that's what i would have thought, but str_replace( ' ','',$strText )
removes all the spaces,
not just the single space.

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