Re: Is there a standard function to remove multiple spaces from a string?
| From: | Rasmus Lerdorf | Date: | Fri, 09 Aug 2002 15:55:25 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Is there a standard function to remove multiple spaces from a string? | ||
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function foo($str,$num) {
return preg_replace('/ {'.$num.',}/',str_repeat(' ',$num),$str);
}
On Fri, 9 Aug 2002, Henry wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Are there standard functions for removing multiple spaces (or even better
> limiting contiguous space to specified lengths)?
>
> i.e
>
> foo("Hello peeps, happy times",1) -> "Hello peeps, happy times"
> foo("Hello peeps, happy times",0) -> "Hellopeeps,happytimes"
> foo("Hello peeps, happy times",2) -> "Hello peeps, happy times"
> (notice single space between "," and "h")
>
> Can I do it with reg exp?
>
> TIA
>
> Henry
>
>
>
>
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