White space "trim" 1

[chispavip]

It is an easy question and it's something that I can do easily.

Anyway, I'd like to know
Is there a function to remove white spaces on a string?
leaving just 1 space

Something like this
"Hello World!" -> "Hello World!"

Using the trim function removes the beginning and ending spaces, but Id like to remove all the white spaces excepting those that are between words leaving just 1

 

[cappmgr]

Using two regex's is one way. If you want to remove a leading space you can trim but I was thinking about indentation.

using System;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

class RegexTest
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        string myString = @" Hello      World   .";
        string spacesBetweenWords = @"\s{2,}";
        string spacesBetweenPunctuation = @"\s(\!|\.|\?|\;|\,|\:)";
        myString = Regex.Replace(myString, spacesBetweenWords, " ");
        myString = Regex.Replace(myString, spacesBetweenPunctuation, "$1");
        Console.WriteLine(myString);
    }
}

Marty

Funny, I can no longer do this in 2.0.
Regex myRegex = new Regex();
Inaccessible due to it's protection level. If I give the constructor a pattern it compiles fine.

 

[chispavip]

Excellent!!!!
Enjoy the star

 

[ralphtrent]

you could also try this

Text = "Hello         World";
while(Text.IndexOf("  ") > -1)
{
	Text = Text.Replace("  "," ");
}