Regex for certain words causes Spaces












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For instance i'm trying to search this string



"this is a search LLC which can end up having spaces"



using the below regex, it's working fine but when I match and then remove it's causes a bunch of white spaces, so I want to limit the number the white space to just 1, how could I go about adding that?



(?i)(?<=|^)LLC|end|having(?=|$)



this is a search LLC which can end up having spaces



this is a search which can up spaces



public static String removeValuesByRegex(String input, Pattern pattern, String replaceWith){
String result;

Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(input);

return result = matcher.replaceAll(replaceWith).trim();
}


Then in my test class im doing



String keywords = 'LLC|end|Having';
Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile('(?i)(?<= |^)'|' + keyWords + ''|(?= |$)');

String stringResult = UtilString.removeValuesByRegex('This is a LLC and General Partnership Test ', pattern, '');









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    For instance i'm trying to search this string



    "this is a search LLC which can end up having spaces"



    using the below regex, it's working fine but when I match and then remove it's causes a bunch of white spaces, so I want to limit the number the white space to just 1, how could I go about adding that?



    (?i)(?<=|^)LLC|end|having(?=|$)



    this is a search LLC which can end up having spaces



    this is a search which can up spaces



    public static String removeValuesByRegex(String input, Pattern pattern, String replaceWith){
    String result;

    Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(input);

    return result = matcher.replaceAll(replaceWith).trim();
    }


    Then in my test class im doing



    String keywords = 'LLC|end|Having';
    Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile('(?i)(?<= |^)'|' + keyWords + ''|(?= |$)');

    String stringResult = UtilString.removeValuesByRegex('This is a LLC and General Partnership Test ', pattern, '');









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      For instance i'm trying to search this string



      "this is a search LLC which can end up having spaces"



      using the below regex, it's working fine but when I match and then remove it's causes a bunch of white spaces, so I want to limit the number the white space to just 1, how could I go about adding that?



      (?i)(?<=|^)LLC|end|having(?=|$)



      this is a search LLC which can end up having spaces



      this is a search which can up spaces



      public static String removeValuesByRegex(String input, Pattern pattern, String replaceWith){
      String result;

      Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(input);

      return result = matcher.replaceAll(replaceWith).trim();
      }


      Then in my test class im doing



      String keywords = 'LLC|end|Having';
      Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile('(?i)(?<= |^)'|' + keyWords + ''|(?= |$)');

      String stringResult = UtilString.removeValuesByRegex('This is a LLC and General Partnership Test ', pattern, '');









      share|improve this question














      For instance i'm trying to search this string



      "this is a search LLC which can end up having spaces"



      using the below regex, it's working fine but when I match and then remove it's causes a bunch of white spaces, so I want to limit the number the white space to just 1, how could I go about adding that?



      (?i)(?<=|^)LLC|end|having(?=|$)



      this is a search LLC which can end up having spaces



      this is a search which can up spaces



      public static String removeValuesByRegex(String input, Pattern pattern, String replaceWith){
      String result;

      Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(input);

      return result = matcher.replaceAll(replaceWith).trim();
      }


      Then in my test class im doing



      String keywords = 'LLC|end|Having';
      Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile('(?i)(?<= |^)'|' + keyWords + ''|(?= |$)');

      String stringResult = UtilString.removeValuesByRegex('This is a LLC and General Partnership Test ', pattern, '');






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          If you want to remove duplicate spacing, I recommend you call normalizeSpace on the output:



          String result = MyClass.myMethod(input, pattern, '').normalizeSpace();


          Note from the documentation:




          normalizeSpace()

          Returns the current String with leading, trailing, and repeating white space characters removed.







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          • Thanks, I missed that in the docs

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          If you want to remove duplicate spacing, I recommend you call normalizeSpace on the output:



          String result = MyClass.myMethod(input, pattern, '').normalizeSpace();


          Note from the documentation:




          normalizeSpace()

          Returns the current String with leading, trailing, and repeating white space characters removed.







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          If you want to remove duplicate spacing, I recommend you call normalizeSpace on the output:



          String result = MyClass.myMethod(input, pattern, '').normalizeSpace();


          Note from the documentation:




          normalizeSpace()

          Returns the current String with leading, trailing, and repeating white space characters removed.







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          • Thanks, I missed that in the docs

            – EricSSH
            9 hours ago














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          If you want to remove duplicate spacing, I recommend you call normalizeSpace on the output:



          String result = MyClass.myMethod(input, pattern, '').normalizeSpace();


          Note from the documentation:




          normalizeSpace()

          Returns the current String with leading, trailing, and repeating white space characters removed.







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          If you want to remove duplicate spacing, I recommend you call normalizeSpace on the output:



          String result = MyClass.myMethod(input, pattern, '').normalizeSpace();


          Note from the documentation:




          normalizeSpace()

          Returns the current String with leading, trailing, and repeating white space characters removed.








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          • Thanks, I missed that in the docs

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          Thanks, I missed that in the docs

          – EricSSH
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          Thanks, I missed that in the docs

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          9 hours ago


















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