Let me give it a shot...How about this? --Rex $string = "I want to delete all this spaces, but this"; $string =~ s/\s{1}(?=\w)//g; print $string;
> -----Original Message----- > From: Pedro A Reche Gallardo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 1:06 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: deleting white spaces > > > Hi all, I would like to delete all single white spaces from a string > without deleting concatenated white spaces. An example: > $string= "I want to delete all this spaces, but this" > > The result would be: > > $string = "Iwanttodeleteallthisspacesbut this" > > Any idea welcomed. > > Cheers > > > ************************************************************** > ************* > PEDRO A. RECHE , pHD TL: 617 632 3824 > Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, FX: 617 632 4569 > Harvard Medical School, EM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 44 Binney Street, D1510A, EM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Boston, MA 02115 URL: http://www.reche.org > ************************************************************** > ************* > > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]