Ed, Thanks! i forgot that i could actually use a pattern within the first arg of replaceAll
best, James --- Ed Griebel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Try using String.replaceAll(), e.g., String x = > "hello world"; > String y = x.replaceAll(" +", " "); > > -ed > > On 7/22/05, klute <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > hello all, > > > > my appologies for the OT. before i write this > little > > util, is there such thing already present out > there? I > > need to do something like: > > MyStringUtil.trimSubsequentOccurrences(String > input, > > String pattern) > > > > Example: > > > > MyStringUtil.trimSubsequentOccurrences("it's a > good > > day", " ") <- not multiple spaces between some of > the > > words. and the output of the method will be "it's > a > > good day" (no multiple subsequent spaces). > > > > Best, > > James > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________ > > Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home > page > > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]