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Asked: 2026-05-11T17:35:22+00:00

I have text like this format term: 156^^^:^^59 datainput Or term: 156^^^:59 datainput or

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I have text like this format

“term: 156^^^:^^59 datainput” Or “term: 156^^^:59 datainput” or “term: 156:^^^59”

The “^” represented white space.
Notice the white space between the the two numbers and the colon. There 2, 3, 4 or even 7 white space between the two number. I want to remove these white space so that the text can be in this format :

“term: 156:59 datainput”

which is no more space between the the two number -> 156:56. I want to remove the white space between the number and the colon only.

Thanks for any input.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Try the following

    Dim result = Regex.Replace(input, "(\d)\s*:\s*(\d)", "$1:$2")

    This uses a regular expression to match the spaces in between the numbers and the colons. Any pattern such as this will be replaced with the last argument. The $1 and $2 are escape sequences which say “replace with text matched by the first and second parenthesis”. In this case it will be a single digit.

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