StringStripWS weirdness

[gcue]

hopefully me pasting this code here will translate properly...

the first instance of $user does not get stripped but the second instance does.  not sure what type of space is there but it is not getting stripped - killing me!

$user = "JNW "
;~ $user = "JNW "

$user = StringStripWS($user, 8)
$user = StringStripCR($user)

MsgBox(0,"", "_" & $user & "_")

any help is greatly appreciated!

delme.au3

Edited May 11, 2022 by gcue
hmm just copied it from the post and the weird spacing did not carry over - uploading the au3 file for testing

[jchd]

Copying from the code posted, both strings use a regular whitespace (0x20).

Use StringToASCIIArray to see which character is there.

 

EDIT: sorry, I just copied part of the code using the forum Quote function. It replaced 0xA0 by 0x32.

Edited May 11, 2022 by jchd

[Nine]

Yes you have a char 160 (no break space) instead of a usual char 32...

[gcue]

ooo nice function

character = blank or space cant see
dec = 160
hex = A0
oct= 240
description = <blank>

 

[Subz]

You could use regular expression to remove non-printable characters + spaces for example:

StringRegExpReplace($user, "[^[:print:]]|\s", "")

 

[gcue]

3 minutes ago, Nine said:

Yes you have a char 160 (no break space) instead of a usual char 32...

how do i strip those out?  

[Nine]

StringReplace($string, chr(160), "")

 

[gcue]

1 minute ago, Subz said:

You could use regular expression to remove non-printable characters + spaces for example:

StringRegExpReplace($user, "[^[:print:]]|\s", "")

 

thanks Subz - that worked!!!!

[gcue]

Just now, Nine said:

StringReplace($string, chr(160), "")

 

that works too!

thank you both!!!