Re: Remove blank lines from a file

At 2:48 PM -0400 5/23/10, Robert Cummings wrote:

tedd wrote:

At 1:02 PM -0400 5/22/10, Robert Cummings wrote:

tedd wrote:

If that is all (i.e., removing double linefeeds), then this will do it: $text_array = array(); $text_array = explode("\n\n", $input_text); $output_text = implode("\n",$text_array);

Sorry tedd, this is broken. It doesn't solve problems with runs of greater than 2 newlines which is even in the example :) I would use the following instead which is also line break agnostic with final output in the style for your system: <?php $data = preg_replace( "#[\r\n]+#", PHP_EOL, $input ); ?> Cheers, Rob.

Rob: It's not broken according to my "given", which was "If that is all (i.e., removing double linefeeds), then this will do it:" My code does exactly what was stated.

Actually, his comment didn't say double line feeds... his comment said I want THIS to look like THAT. And THIS had a triple line feed and THAT completely normalized it to a single line feed. I realize you misunderstood the problem, but where I work, clients don't think a solution based on incorrect presumptions is a valid solution for a clearly defined problem :)

Rob: Okay, so I didn't correctly identify and understand the problem from the client (the list), but my solution worked for the problem I understood. Whereas:

Doh, what's funny is I fixed it in my test script but had already pasted into my email and forgot to update that *lol*. Good catch!

You correctly identified and understood the problem, but failed to provide a working solution to the client (the list). It's a good thing that we both have clients who understand we're not prefect. :-) Let's just agree that we both can identify, understand, and solve such minor problems. Cheers, tedd -- ------- http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.com