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Old September 23rd, 2003, 07:17 PM
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removing white space?!?!
Hi,
I am fairly new to ASP.
I have made a feedback form script.
BUT am having troubles removing whitespace from between names for emailing.
The address is a variable.
It works fine for addresses with one word.
Having troubles and losing hair fast!
thanks for your help in advance,
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Old September 23rd, 2003, 11:38 PM
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Can you post an example of what you are trying to do exactly?
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Old September 23rd, 2003, 11:47 PM
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Thankyou for your response!
I have just worked it out myself
Was looking for something like this...

Do While InStr(1, GymAddress, " ")
GymAddress = Replace(GymAddress, " ", "")
Loop

had names of gym from database but names had spaces...
email addresses mailed to string var "GymAddress" are same as gym names without the spaces...

thanks anyway - perhaps this can help someone else.
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Old September 24th, 2003, 12:03 AM
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If you were looking to get rid of all spaces then this would have been better:

Code:
    Dim withSpaces, noSpaces As String
    withSpaces = "this is some text with spaces"
    noSpaces = Replace(withSpaces, " ", "", 1, -1, 1)
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Of Course the key piece is:

Replace(withSpaces, " ", "", 1, -1, 1)

without having to loop.
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In this case I need to trim white space usually 1 between words.
I also need to change street to st if it appears.
This code below works:

Do While InStr(1, GymAddress, " ")
GymAddress = Replace(GymAddress, " ", "")
Loop

Do While InStr(1, GymAddress, "street")
GymAddress = Replace(GymAddress, "street", "st")
Loop


you have suggested this alternative:

Replace(withSpaces, " ", "", 1, -1, 1)

could u please explain how this function works?!?

ALSO
can you point me to any good sites for this kind of information, or recommend any books.
I have some experience with PHP and VB6.0.
Thanks for your help!!!
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http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...sfctreplace.asp

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Replace Function
Returns a string in which a specified substring has been replaced with another substring a specified number of times.

Replace(expression, find, replacewith[, start[, count[, compare]]])

So essentially, this function if used with -1 in the count parameter will replace ALL occurances of the "find" parameter.
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Using the function like
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Replace(withSpaces, " ", "")
will, in this case, yield the same results.
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Replace(withSpaces, " ", "")
Very true, although I've always found it to be better practice to enter all the parameters.
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