Removes extra space from the string using Regular expression.
public static readonly RegexOptions Options = RegexOptions.IgnorePatternWhitespace |
RegexOptions.Singleline;
public string RemoveExtaSpaces(string text)
{
Regex regex = new Regex(@”\s{2,}”, Options);
text = regex.Replace(text.Trim(), ” “); //This line removes extra spaces and make space exactly one.
//To remove the space between the end of a word and a punctuation mark used in the text we will
//be using following line of code
regex=new Regex(@”\s(\!|\.|\?|\;|\,|\:)”); // “\s” whill check for space near all puntuation marks in side ( \!|\.|\?|\;|\,|\:)”); )
text = regex.Replace(text, “$1″);
return text;
}
Above function removes all extra spaces in the string to make one space exactly. Feel free to use, its been used and tested
static void Main(string[] args)
{
string mytext = “blah blah blah blah .”;
Console.WriteLine(mytext);
Console.WriteLine(RemoveExtaSpaces(mytext));
}
Result
