Re: reduce all spaces to one

From	Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.php
Subject	Re: reduce all spaces to one
Date	2012-02-04 20:56 -0500
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On 2/4/2012 7:39 PM, John wrote:
> Am 05.02.2012 00:05, schrieb Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn:
>>
>> I do not think you have fully understood what I have said (maybe you
>> want to
>> try posting to *de*.comp.lang.php instead?). *All* presented solutions so
>> far, including yours and mine, are "'regex' solutions". But the set of
>> characters that are replaced differs between them.
>>
>
> Thanks for the suggestions and advice : however I hope my english is
> adequate enough to make myself understood in this NG :-))
>
>>
>> $words = str_split(' ', preg_replace('/\\s+/', ' ', $text));
>>
>
> I have the problem of 'filtering' a text file, exported from Excel as a
> 'Windows text file with <return>', containing <tabs> between numbers.
> So, besides converting all comma to points, I have to get rid af all
> <tabs> and after that, reduce all spaces between words to one space.
>
> So far its working : I have used the preg_split first with /\t/ then
> /\s+/ in two separate steps. No problem so far.
> If they arise, I'll come back again.
>

The /\s+/ will also get rid of tabs, converting all white space to a 
single blank.

Perhaps a better option would be to export the file as a .csv and use 
fgetcsv().  It will save you a lot of work.


>>
>> You might also want to exclude periods (`.') and other punctuation from
>> words,
>
> I can't. I need the numbers and they may be decimals with points.
>
>> You might find [5] useful, in particular [6], for the next time that you
>> post (translations are available there).
>>
>
> Thanks very much indeed for the most exhaustive answer ! I am happy I've
> found this place.
>
> Thanks and best regards to all who contributed to the thread.
>
> John.

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reduce all spaces to one John <john_takethisoff@agdp.de> - 2012-02-03 20:03 +0100
  Re: reduce all spaces to one Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-02-03 14:36 -0500
    Re: reduce all spaces to one crankypuss <no@email.thanks> - 2012-02-03 13:05 -0700
      Re: reduce all spaces to one Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-02-03 15:17 -0500
      Re: reduce all spaces to one "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee> - 2012-02-03 21:19 +0100
        Re: reduce all spaces to one John <john_takethisoff@agdp.de> - 2012-02-03 21:59 +0100
          Re: reduce all spaces to one Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-02-04 15:41 +0100
            Re: reduce all spaces to one Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-02-04 09:57 -0500
              Re: reduce all spaces to one Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-02-04 16:05 +0100
              Re: reduce all spaces to one Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-02-04 16:21 +0100
                Re: reduce all spaces to one Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-02-04 16:00 -0500
              Re: reduce all spaces to one Michael Fesser <netizen@gmx.de> - 2012-02-05 21:47 +0100
                Re: reduce all spaces to one Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-02-05 16:12 -0500
                Re: reduce all spaces to one "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee> - 2012-02-05 22:23 +0100
                Re: reduce all spaces to one The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2012-02-05 21:37 +0000
                Re: reduce all spaces to one Michael Fesser <netizen@gmx.de> - 2012-02-05 23:34 +0100
            Re: reduce all spaces to one John <john_takethisoff@agdp.de> - 2012-02-04 22:26 +0100
              Re: reduce all spaces to one Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-02-05 00:05 +0100
                Re: reduce all spaces to one John <john_takethisoff@agdp.de> - 2012-02-05 01:39 +0100
                Re: reduce all spaces to one Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-02-04 20:56 -0500
                Re: reduce all spaces to one John <john_takethisoff@agdp.de> - 2012-02-05 18:02 +0100
                Re: reduce all spaces to one Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-02-05 03:15 +0100
                Re: reduce all spaces to one John <john_takethisoff@agdp.de> - 2012-02-05 18:04 +0100
                Re: reduce all spaces to one Doug Miller <doug_at_milmac_dot_com@example.com> - 2012-02-05 04:02 +0000
                Re: reduce all spaces to one Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-02-05 05:35 +0100
                Re: reduce all spaces to one Doug Miller <doug_at_milmac_dot_com@example.com> - 2012-02-06 01:31 +0000
                Re: reduce all spaces to one "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee> - 2012-02-06 09:31 +0100
                [OT]: "native" English (was: reduce all spaces to one) Gregor Kofler <usenet@gregorkofler.com> - 2012-02-05 11:03 +0100
                Re: [OT]: "native" English The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2012-02-05 10:11 +0000
                Re: [OT]: "native" English Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-02-05 14:00 +0100
                Re: [OT]: "native" English The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2012-02-05 13:53 +0000
                Re: reduce all spaces to one John <john_takethisoff@agdp.de> - 2012-02-05 18:05 +0100
  Re: reduce all spaces to one "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee> - 2012-02-03 21:30 +0100

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