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Re: Remove extra spaces from a string
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Re: Remove extra spaces from a string


  • Subject: Re: Remove extra spaces from a string
  • From: Paul Skinner <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2003 07:32:51 -0400

On Sunday, June 8, 2003, at 04:48 AM, John Delacour wrote:

If you must use Applescript, then it's quicker and neater to use 'offset' :

snip

Quicker and neater than either.

set fileData to {}
set s to "-rwx------ 0 286 512 Jun 06 12:36 demo10.log
-rwx------ 0 286 512 Jun 06 12:37 demo11.log
-rwx------ 0 286 512 Jun 06 12:38 demo12.log
-rwx------ 0 286 512 Jun 06 12:39 demo13.log
-rwx------ 0 286 512 Jun 06 12:40 demo14.log"

set s to RemoveCharacterRuns(space, s)
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to " "
repeat with thisLine in paragraphs of s
tell thisLine
set the end of fileData to {(text items 5 thru 7) as text, text item -1}
end tell
end repeat
fileData
-->{{"Jun 06 12:36", "demo10.log"}, {"Jun 06 12:37", "demo11.log"}, {"Jun 06 12:38", "demo12.log"}, {"Jun 06 12:39", "demo13.log"}, {"Jun 06 12:40", "demo14.log"}}


on RemoveCharacterRuns(char, inputText)
set {previousDelimiter, AppleScript's text item delimiters} to {AppleScript's text item delimiters, ""}
set characterRun to char & char
repeat while inputText contains characterRun
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to characterRun
set {tempS, AppleScript's text item delimiters} to {text items of inputText, char}
set inputText to tempS as text
end repeat
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to previousDelimiter
return inputText
end RemoveCharacterRuns



JD,
The perl code you posted returns "Jun 06 12:40, demo14.log". Am I missing something?

Paul
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