StringStripWS() not working?

[litlmike]

I am utterly confused on this. I am attempting to eliminate any @CRLF (Chr(13)) from a string, but after stripping it away using StringStripWS(), the @CRLF is still there. Can someone shed some light on this? Thanks

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#Include <Array.au3>
#Include <File.au3>
#include <IE.au3>
#include <ExcelCOM_UDF.au3>
#include <ButtonConstants.au3>
#include <ComboConstants.au3>
#include <EditConstants.au3>
#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <StaticConstants.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>

Global $avDestination[1]=[""]
Global $avCategory[1]=[""]

;Make .ini file
Global $iniPath = @ScriptDir & "\SaveData.ini"
If NOT FileExists($iniPath) Then
    _FileCreate ( $iniPath )
    IniWriteSection ($iniPath, "Destinations", "")
    IniWrite ( $iniPath, "Destinations", "1", "Africa" )
    IniWriteSection ($iniPath, "Categories", "")
    IniWrite ( $iniPath, "Categories", "1", "Safaris" )
    IniWrite ( $iniPath, "Categories", "2", "Cultural Tours" )
EndIf

$Edit1_Text_Array = IniReadSection ( $iniPath, "Categories")
$Edit2_Text_Array = IniReadSection ( $iniPath, "Destinations")

;Loop to get just the Destinations
For $iCC = 1 To (UBound ($Edit1_Text_Array)-1)
    If $iCC=1 Then
        _ArrayPush($avDestination, $Edit1_Text_Array[$iCC][1])
    Else
        _ArrayAdd ($avDestination , $Edit1_Text_Array[$iCC][1])
    EndIf
Next

;Loop to get just the Categories
For $iCC = 1 To (UBound ($Edit2_Text_Array)-1)
    If $iCC=1 Then
        _ArrayPush($avCategory, $Edit2_Text_Array[$iCC][1])
    Else
        _ArrayAdd ($avCategory, $Edit2_Text_Array[$iCC][1])
    EndIf
Next

$Edit1_Text =_ArrayToString($avCategory, @CRLF)
$Edit2_Text =_ArrayToString($avDestination, @CRLF)
;Make GUI
#Region ### START Koda GUI section ### Form=...
$Form1 = GUICreate("", 600, 550, 0, 0)
$Edit2 = GUICtrlCreateEdit("", 31, 60, 500, 100)
    GUICtrlSetData (-1, $Edit2_Text)
$Edit1 = GUICtrlCreateEdit($Edit1_Text, 31, 180, 500, 100)
    GUICtrlSetData (-1, $Edit1_Text)
    GUICtrlCreateGroup("", -99, -99, 1, 1)
$Button1 = GUICtrlCreateButton("OK",    256,    315,    75, 25, 0)
$CheckboxSaveIni = GUICtrlCreateCheckbox("Save Search", 25, 425, 97, 17)
GUICtrlSetState(-1, $GUI_CHECKED)
GUICtrlCreateGroup("", -99, -99, 1, 1)
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)
#EndRegion ### END Koda GUI section ###


While 1
    $nMsg = GUIGetMsg()
    Switch $nMsg
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            Exit
        Case $Button1
            SaveSearch2ini ()
    
    EndSwitch
WEnd

Func SaveSearch2ini ()
    $CurrentSearchCategories = GUICtrlRead ($Edit2)
    $CurrentSearchCategories = StringStripWS ( $CurrentSearchCategories,3)
    ConsoleWrite (StringInStr ($CurrentSearchCategories, Chr(13)) & @CRLF)
EndFunc

[Malkey]

Try StringStripWS ( $CurrentSearchCategories, 8)

[litlmike]

Try StringStripWS ( $CurrentSearchCategories, 8)

Your suggestion does work, but it works to well. It even removes the WS between words, which is not desirable. For example, the words "Cultural Tours" should not appear as "CulturalTours". Any suggestions?

[weaponx]

Change 8 to 4....

[Malkey]

Try StringReplace($CurrentSearchCategories, @CRLF, "")

[litlmike]

Try StringReplace($CurrentSearchCategories, @CRLF, "")

Well this did work, though it requires another step in the end, but that is okay. Any idea why my original attempt did not work? Should I report this is a possible bug?

[Malkey]

Well this did work, though it requires another step in the end, but that is okay. Any idea why my original attempt did not work? Should I report this is a possible bug?

In the help file under StringStripWS, you originally had the flag 3 -a combination of flags 1 and 2.

I suggested flag 8 whick stripped all white spaces.

weaponx suggested flag 4. This works.

Depending on what you want , changing the flag to 4 may be easier.