RegEx Replace Text -- strip leading and trailing spaces

[Wouter]

And what about a one line non regex solution like: put word 1 to -1 of 
x into x?
(I know, not as elegant and impressive as a true regex ;-)

Gr W.

On 13 Apr 2005, at 12:14, Matt Denton wrote:

> G'day all
>
> Regular Expression syntax in ReplaceText is driving me a bit loopy 
> right now, I was hoping someone out there could work out what I'm 
> doing wrong...
>
> I want a single RegEx expression using ReplaceText to strip out 
> leading and tailing spaces, leaving any spaces in the middle 
> untouched.
>
> I've got it working in 2 lines of code, but I'm SURE I can do it in 
> one.  (I've spent an hour trying to reduce this to one line... I know, 
> why not go for a swim or something more constructive with my time...)
>
> This works:
>
> put replaceText(tSomeText, "^ +",empty) into tFirstPass
> put replaceText(tFirstPass, " +$",empty) into tSecondPass
>
> But when I try and combine:
>
> put replaceText(tSomeText, "^ ?| +$",empty) into tOnePass
>
> I can't get it to work!!  I've tried many variations and the logic 
> SEEMS to be right... obviously not.
>
> Anyone?  I'll award the winner with a jar of Vegemite from Australia.
>
> Cheers
>
> M@
> Matt Denton
>
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