Remove whitespace before *

Question

i'm trying to write a function that changes HTML-code to a new markup-languange. Where br and /br is replaced by *. Although, after the first * (br) no whitespace is allowed and before the second * (/br) no whitespace is allowed. An example is given bellow.

Strong emphasis

• The start and end of a section with strong emphasis is defined by '*'.

• The starting * must not be followed by Whitespace. The ending * must not be preceded by Whitespace. As an example, * fat cat*, *fat cat * and * fat cat * are not permitted

Your code trying to do it can be found in? and the problem with it is? — J.Salas, Apr 04 '22 at 13:44
Could you please provide an exact example of input HTML, expected output string, the actual output you are receiving, and the code you have tried? — Joe Lissner, Apr 04 '22 at 13:49
Please provide enough code so others can better understand or reproduce the problem. — Community, Apr 04 '22 at 13:49

DarkestRaddish · Answer 1 · 2022-04-08T06:54:29.930

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Kinda vague on what you're using. If you're Using VB then this might help

Get the substring inside br by removing the br tag first then trim the trailing whitespaces on that substring using .Trim. Finally add the * on bothsides

Dim Oldstring As String = "br fat cat /br"
Dim Newstring As String = "*" + Oldstring.Substring(2, Oldstring.Length - 5).Trim + "*"

edited Apr 08 '22 at 06:54

answered Apr 08 '22 at 06:49

DarkestRaddish

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