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Zvonimir
Zvonimir

Reputation: 29

how to move spaces from sentence in batch

here is my problem. I make a batch and want to move all spaces between words from sentence. I did this on one way. But i want to set space as variable, and use that variable in set command. After cheking definition of variable, and even good echoing of this space variable, i cannot move it in last sentence. Somebody can tell me why?

@echo off

::why this doesnt work???


(set /p word2=i will make )<nul>textfile.txt

<nul (set/p word3=all strings be )>>textfile.txt

<nul (set/p word4=one longstring)>>textfile.txt

echo(

type textfile.txt

echo(

echo(

::seting space

set sp=a b

set sa=%sp:a=%

set space=%sa:b=%

if defined space (echo space is defined) else (echo space is not defined)

echo(

echo lets see:%space%%space%%space%something%space%something%space%%space%, ...works

echo(

set /p inputalltext=<textfile.txt

echo %inputalltext%...input from textfile

set noplaceforspace=%inputalltext: =% ...as you see as normal,no space

echo %noplaceforspace%

::so, problem starts here. why are here  places if space is defined and good echoing

::of space variable??

setlocal enabledelayedexpansion

set nogoodresult=%inputalltext:!space!=%

echo %nogoodresult%%space%%space% here i dont want space between words

echo(

pause

Upvotes: 0

Views: 199

Answers (2)

CMS_95
CMS_95

Reputation: 335

if you are running a regular batch you should be able to do "sentence sentence" as long as you have the"" around it. the system should enter a space

Upvotes: 0

Endoro
Endoro

Reputation: 37569

Please look at my example:

@echo off&setlocal
set "space= "
set "sentence=this is a long sentence with many words "

setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
set "sentence=!sentence:%space%=!"
echo "%sentence%"

Upvotes: 1

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