Regex : How to remove white space before a string and after the string

[sambalec]

Hi !

How can I use StringRegExp to remove white space before a string and after the string ?

Example :

$var = " Testéà' - 123456 "

I need this result : $var2 = "Testéà' - 123456"

Many thanks. :-)

Sambalec

[Ramzes]

Easier is using StringStripWS.

$var2 = StringStripWS($var, 3)

Edited October 1, 2011 by Ramzes

[sambalec]

Thanks a lot !!

Sambalec

[sambalec]

Another problem :

$test = StringStripWS(" Enghien les bains ",3)

MsgBox(0,"result",$test)

It doesn't work with this example, the result is " Enghien les bains " but I need "Enghien les bains" (without first and last whitespace)

Can you try for me ?

Thanks

Sambalec

[czardas]

Works fine for me.

$test = StringStripWS(" Enghien les bains ",3)
MsgBox(0,"result",$test & @CRLF & "contains " & StringLen($test) & " chars")

[sambalec]

I think its a big bug ... maybe encoding ...

Can I remove the 1st and the last caracter with a special func ?

Thanks

EDIT : StringTrimLeft is perfect for me

Sambalec

Edited October 1, 2011 by sambalec

[Ramzes]

I don't know. It's working for me too.

$String = StringStripWS(" Hello there!  ", 3)
MsgBox(0, "Test", "|" & $String & "|")

If it doesn't work (I don't understand why) you must use StringTrimLeft and StringTrimRight.

[jchd]

I think its a big bug ... maybe encoding ...

I don't believe so! Can you post a very short script to replicate the issue?

Bonne baignade en tous cas !

[czardas]

Did you run the script I posted? When I run the code, it gives me a message box saying the string contains 17 characters. Realize that spaces are characters and also form part of the string. If you got a message box saying the string contains 19 characters, then I will believe you.

Edited October 1, 2011 by czardas

[Yashied]

I think its a big bug ... maybe encoding ...

Are you sure that this is a whitespaces, and not any other characters? For example:

$test = StringStripWS(ChrW(160) & "Enghien les bains" & ChrW(160), 3)
ConsoleWrite($test & @CR)

Edited October 1, 2011 by Yashied