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Lucas Rezende
Lucas Rezende

Reputation: 584

How can I replace wrong spaces in a text using REGEX?

I am trying to figure out how to replace spaces in a text like the example below but I don't know how to deal with different number of spaces in the same text

This text:

E m  se guida,  a  e mpre sa  deu  ba ixa  e m 
cerca  de  $82  b ilhões   ( ma is  de  75 %)  de  se us  a t ivos.

Should be:

Em seguida, a empresa deu baixa em 
cerca de $82 bilhões (mais de 75%) de seus ativos.

Note that there are single spaces between characters and double spaces between words.

Could someone give me some light on this?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 314

Answers (1)

user3483203
user3483203

Reputation: 51165

I would approach this in two steps. First, I would use a regex to replace all of the single spaces, and then another to shorten the double spaces. To find only single spaces, you can use this regex:

(\S)\s(\S)

Next, to find double spaces, you can use this regex:

\s\s+

So first, replace single spaces with groups one and two from the first regex, and then replace double spaces with a single space using the second regex.

Using the atom editor, you can use these two regex to find and replace like this:

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In the second image, you do have to enter one space, it is slightly unclear from the screen shot. Hope this helps!

Upvotes: 4

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