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| From | Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.java.programmer |
| Subject | Re: remove question marks and exclamation points |
| Date | 2015-01-24 13:39 -0500 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <ma0osm$doj$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <68b0cd7e-0dff-4e0f-9007-34ed5fd3d08f@googlegroups.com> |
On 1/24/2015 12:21 PM, elodie.gillain@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I wrote code to remove question marks and exclamation points from some text. However, one can find those in my output file. Interesting enough, the periods (full stops) were removed. Can anybody help me figure this out?
> [... code snipped; see up-thread ...]
Consider what your code does with an input line like
"What?" she exclaimed. "It wasn't his to begin with!"
You'll get the "word" sequence
"What?"
she
exclaimed.
"It
wasn't
his
to
begin
with!"
... from which you'll obtain
What?
she
exclaimed
It
wasn't
his
to
begin
with!
--
esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid
"Don't be afraid of work. Make work afraid of you." -- TLM
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remove question marks and exclamation points elodie.gillain@gmail.com - 2015-01-24 09:21 -0800
Re: remove question marks and exclamation points Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2015-01-24 12:58 -0500
Re: remove question marks and exclamation points Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2015-01-24 12:59 -0500
Re: remove question marks and exclamation points Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2015-01-24 13:39 -0500
Re: remove question marks and exclamation points elodie.gillain@gmail.com - 2015-01-24 11:36 -0800
Re: remove question marks and exclamation points Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2015-01-24 20:13 -0500
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