Stripping spaces and newline characters

[Thor W Hammer]

Smart algorithm for normalizing strings anyone?

Example:
If the original string looks like this:
"the brown
fox "

I want it end up like this:
"the brown fox"
Thanx in advance

[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

Thor,

I think the smartest (and perhaps the most efficient) would be to use a
regular expression and then perform a replace operation. However, I don't
know the regular expression you would use. So, in lieu of that, I would use
the Split method on the string class and then insert the spaces myself in
between the individual elements.

Hope this helps.
--
- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- mv*@spam.guard.caspershouse.com

"Thor W Hammer" <thorwhammer - NO @ SPAM - hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Smart algorithm for normalizing strings anyone?

Example:
If the original string looks like this:
"the brown
fox "

I want it end up like this:
"the brown fox"
Thanx in advance

[Ignacio Machin \( .NET/ C# MVP \)]

Hi Thor,

str.Trim().Replace("\n", " " );

will do the trick
Cheers,

--
Ignacio Machin,
ignacio.machin AT dot.state.fl.us
Florida Department Of Transportation
"Thor W Hammer" <thorwhammer - NO @ SPAM - hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Smart algorithm for normalizing strings anyone?

Example:
If the original string looks like this:
"the brown
fox "

I want it end up like this:
"the brown fox"
Thanx in advance

[Thor W Hammer]

I don't think it will change multiple white-spaces between words to single
white-spaces.

"Ignacio Machin ( .NET/ C# MVP )" <ignacio.machin AT dot.state.fl.us> wrote
in message news:OL*************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

Hi Thor,

str.Trim().Replace("\n", " " );

will do the trick
Cheers,

--
Ignacio Machin,
ignacio.machin AT dot.state.fl.us
Florida Department Of Transportation
"Thor W Hammer" <thorwhammer - NO @ SPAM - hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:3f*********************@read.news.no.uu.net.. .

Smart algorithm for normalizing strings anyone?

Example:
If the original string looks like this:
"the brown
fox "

I want it end up like this:
"the brown fox"
Thanx in advance

[Thor W Hammer]

However since my string was a well-formed xml document I did it like this
instead:

public string Normalize(string s)
{
XmlDocument d=new XmlDocument();
d.LoadXml(s);
return d.OuterXml;
}

"Thor W Hammer" <thorwhammer - NO @ SPAM - hotmail.com> wrote in message
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I don't think it will change multiple white-spaces between words to single
white-spaces.

"Ignacio Machin ( .NET/ C# MVP )" <ignacio.machin AT dot.state.fl.us> wrote in message news:OL*************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

Hi Thor,

str.Trim().Replace("\n", " " );

will do the trick
Cheers,

--
Ignacio Machin,
ignacio.machin AT dot.state.fl.us
Florida Department Of Transportation
"Thor W Hammer" <thorwhammer - NO @ SPAM - hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:3f*********************@read.news.no.uu.net.. .

Smart algorithm for normalizing strings anyone?

Example:
If the original string looks like this:
"the brown
fox "

I want it end up like this:
"the brown fox"
Thanx in advance

[Ignacio Machin \( .NET/ C# MVP \)]

Hi Thor,

Yes, you are right about that :)

Sorry, I did not saw it on your example, but if you get really complex then
you will have to take into account things like a tab ( \b ) so the
"normalization" can become quite complex ;)

Cheers,

--
Ignacio Machin,
ignacio.machin AT dot.state.fl.us
Florida Department Of Transportation

"Thor W Hammer" <thorwhammer - NO @ SPAM - hotmail.com> wrote in message
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I don't think it will change multiple white-spaces between words to single
white-spaces.

"Ignacio Machin ( .NET/ C# MVP )" <ignacio.machin AT dot.state.fl.us> wrote in message news:OL*************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

Hi Thor,

str.Trim().Replace("\n", " " );

will do the trick
Cheers,

--
Ignacio Machin,
ignacio.machin AT dot.state.fl.us
Florida Department Of Transportation
"Thor W Hammer" <thorwhammer - NO @ SPAM - hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:3f*********************@read.news.no.uu.net.. .

Smart algorithm for normalizing strings anyone?

Example:
If the original string looks like this:
"the brown
fox "

I want it end up like this:
"the brown fox"
Thanx in advance