I'm pretty bad in regexp and I would really appreciate your advice.
I have string in JavaScript containing two links with the white space in between.
So basically every time this occurs </a> <a to change it into </a><a.
Thank you!
Regexp to delete white space between and another
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mrkva
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2http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1732348/regex-match-open-tags-except-xhtml-self-contained-tags – Jeffrey Greenham Apr 25 '11 at 21:05
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1Why would you need a regex for that? Seems a simple string replace would do. – Tim Pietzcker Apr 25 '11 at 21:06
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@Tim - replace in JavaScript only replaces the first occurrence :) – Jerod Venema Apr 25 '11 at 21:17
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1@Jeffrey: Bah, humbug! You should be flagged for that. – tchrist Apr 25 '11 at 21:26
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Use:
var newstring = mystring.replace(/<\/a>\s+<a/g, "</a><a");
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Could be something like this:
find /<\/a>[\s\r\n]+<a/g
replace "</a><a"
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Try
string = string.replace("</a> <a","</a><a")
or
string = string.replace(/<\/a>\s+<a/g,"</a><a")
to replace also multiple spaces, tabs etc.
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What if there are two spaces, three, a tab? This is wher ea regex really helps. – Paul Alexander Apr 25 '11 at 21:10
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this will also only replace the first instance... you need a regex to replace all instances. – John Hartsock Apr 25 '11 at 21:12
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