Re: RegExp.Replace

[CD <dessere.claude@xxxxxx>]

No, I found it elegant, efficient, 

and it only takes one line of code!

Well done, Olivier!

Regards




Le mardi 02 décembre 2025 à 11:55 +0000, Bruce Steers a écrit :
> 
> Sorry GianLuigi I have made a mistake. I just searched the lists for the
> conversation and it turns out it was Oliver Cruilles that surprised everyone
> with the simple solution.
> At this point I think everyone facepalmed ;)
> https://lists.gambas-basic.org/pipermail/user/2020-November/070587.html
> 
> Sorry about that
> 
> Respects
> BruceS
> 
> 
> On Tue, 2 Dec 2025 at 11:36, Gianluigi <gradobag@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > If you're sure of that, then I'm in worse shape than I thought. LOL
> > 
> > Best Regards
> > Gianluigi
> > 
> > Il 02/12/25 10:51, Bruce Steers ha scritto:
> > > 
> > > Use SPlit() with IgnorVoid parameter and Join again.
> > > 
> > > InText = Split(InText, " \t", Null, True).Join(" ")
> > > 
> > > This answer was provided by GianLuigi many moons ago as the fastest way 
> > > to make a multi spaced line have only 1 space between chars.
> > > Ps. i use \t in the Split to catch tab spaces too.
> > > 
> > > Respects
> > > BruceS
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Tue, 2 Dec 2025 at 09:19, Ian Roper <westozscribe@xxxxxxxxx 
> > > <mailto:westozscribe@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> > > 
> > >     __
> > > 
> > >     Public Function ClearDuplicateSpaces(InText As String) As String
> > > 
> > >        While (InStr(InText, "  ") > 0)
> > >          InText = Replace(InText, "  ", " ")
> > >        Wend
> > >        Return InText
> > > 
> > >     End
> > > 
> > > 
> > >     On 2/12/25 3:13 pm, CD wrote:
> > >>     Hello,
> > >>
> > >>     I have a string like this:
> > >>
> > >>     Dim s As String = "A     B    C D   E"
> > >>
> > >>     s = RegExp.Replace(s, "\\s+", " ")
> > >>
> > >>     Print s
> > >>
> > >>     I would like to get "A B C D E"
> > >>
> > >>     What should I write in the Pattern string?
> > >>     I've tried many things, without success.
> > >>     So what should I change to get the desired result?
> > >>
> > >>     Regards
> > >>
> > 
> >