Question

i am using the following code

String keyword=request.getParameter(“keyword”);
keyword = keyword.toLowerCase();
keyword.replaceAll(” “,” “); //first double space and then single space
keyword = keyword.trim();
System.out.println(keyword);
i am given the input as t s
but iam getting as
[3/12/10 12:07:10:431 IST] 0000002c SystemOut O t s // here i am getting the two spaces
how can decrease two single space

use the follwoing program

public class whitespaces {
public static void main(String []args){
try{
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
String str = br.readLine();
System.out.println( str.replaceAll(“\b\s{2,}\b”, ” “));
}catch(Exception e){
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}

thanks,

murali

Answer 1

If your database always have only one space, you could use some keypress event to automatically ignore any occurrences of multiple spaces (by replace double spaces with single space in the search string or something).