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| From | Joel VanderWerf <joelvanderwerf@gmail.com> |
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| Subject | Re: Replace any multiple whitespaces with single white space |
| Date | Mon, 25 Apr 2011 13:51:59 -0500 |
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On 04/25/2011 11:44 AM, Michelle Pace wrote: > Hello, I need to make the first string below into the second string. > That is, only single white spaces are permitted. > > "1/4 WELDING LEVER FRONT DRW 14844-C MAT WMA1CM-WLFRONT" > into > "1/4 WELDING LEVER FRONT DRW 14844-C MAT WMA1CM-WLFRONT" > > > > I want to use the sub! method. Why does the below code not work? Is my > pattern incorrect? > > descrip = "1/4 WELDING LEVER FRONT DRW 14844-C MAT WMA1CM-WLFRONT" > descrip.sub!(/\s+/,' ') > puts descrip sub! only affects the *first* match. You can substitute globally with gsub. Also you might as well only match 2 or more spaces: descrip.gsub!(/\s\s+/,' ')
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Replace any multiple whitespaces with single white space Michelle Pace <michelle@michellepace.com> - 2011-04-25 13:44 -0500
Re: Replace any multiple whitespaces with single white space Joel VanderWerf <joelvanderwerf@gmail.com> - 2011-04-25 13:51 -0500
Re: Replace any multiple whitespaces with single white space Josh Cheek <josh.cheek@gmail.com> - 2011-04-25 14:02 -0500
Re: Replace any multiple whitespaces with single white space Joel VanderWerf <joelvanderwerf@gmail.com> - 2011-04-25 14:14 -0500
Re: Replace any multiple whitespaces with single white space Gunther Diemant <g.diemant@gmx.net> - 2011-04-25 15:43 -0500
Re: Replace any multiple whitespaces with single white space Brian Candler <b.candler@pobox.com> - 2011-04-26 07:03 -0500
Re: Replace any multiple whitespaces with single white space Joel VanderWerf <joelvanderwerf@gmail.com> - 2011-04-26 11:27 -0500
Re: Replace any multiple whitespaces with single white space Joel VanderWerf <joelvanderwerf@gmail.com> - 2011-04-26 11:31 -0500
Re: Replace any multiple whitespaces with single white space John W Higgins <wishdev@gmail.com> - 2011-04-25 13:56 -0500
Re: Replace any multiple whitespaces with single white space Alexander McMillan <alexandermcmillan@hotmail.com> - 2011-04-26 05:18 -0500
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