Regex squash

[jim_adams@hotmail.com]

I'd like to use regex to replace a specified character that repeats two
or more times with one instance of that character.

For example,

mystring = "a.....b"

regex squash (mystring, ".") -> "a.b"

Thanks for your help.

-Jim

[Dragon]

Re: Regex squash

Probably that's what you want:

~
Function Squash(ByVal input As String, ByVal character As Char) As
String
Return Regex.Replace(i nput, Regex.Escape(ch aracter) & "+",
character)
End Function
~

HTH,
Roman

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> or more times with one instance of that character.
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> For example,
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> mystring = "a.....b"
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> regex squash (mystring, ".") -> "a.b"
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> Thanks for your help.
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> -Jim
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