Re: Can't remove extraneous spacing.
Re: Can't remove extraneous spacing.
- Subject: Re: Can't remove extraneous spacing.
- From: Eric Stewart <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 10:42:02 -0400
I tried the code you suggested:
value = value.replaceAll( "(\\Q\\E|\\s)+", " " ).trim();
It did not result in the expected result, here is the result.
" abc bb " --> "a b c b b"
On 9/28/05, LD <email@hidden> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> On 28/09/2005, at 2:23 PM, Eric Stewart wrote:
>
> > I figured out the problem but it's turned up something I don't
> > understand.
> >
> > I'm getting the input from the request like this:
> >
> > String value = context().request().stringFormValueForKey
> > ("input_field");
> >
> > When someone enters the html entity for a non-breaking space it
> > is not collapsed with the replaceall() I was using, which makes
> > [sense].
> >
> > [...]
> > Also, how do I convert all the incoming non-breaking spaces to normal
> > spaces which will collapse with the replaceall() method?
>
> String value = context().request().stringFormValueForKey
> ( "input_field" );
> value = value.replaceAll( "(\\Q\\E|\\s)+", " " ).trim();
>
> e.g.,
> " abc bb " --> "abc bb"
>
> with regards,
> --
>
> LD
>
>
>
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