Notice that \s includes line feeds/carriage returns/form feeds, so perhaps it is not what you want.
For just spaces and tabs you may try [^ \t]+ (user manual, p. 187). Nestor =============================================== > On 12 Feb 2019, at 10:42, Sam Hathaway <[email protected]> wrote: > > This would seem to remove any m character that is followed by one or more > spaces, so I don’t think it quite does what you asked for. Not sure why it > would be faster either. > -sam > > On 12 Feb 2019, at 7:38, @lbutlr wrote: > > I asked someone how to remove all spaces in an string more efficiently and he > responded with > > search: (m?)\s+ > replace: (nul) > > which sure does work. > > But WHY? > > That is, I know what this does, but I don't understand the syntax > > > -- > Major Strasser has been shot. Round up the usual suspects. > > -- > This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a > feature request or need technical support, please email > "[email protected]" rather than posting to the group. > Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <https://www.twitter.com/bbedit> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BBEdit Talk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/bbedit. > > > -- > This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a > feature request or need technical support, please email > "[email protected]" rather than posting to the group. > Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <https://www.twitter.com/bbedit> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BBEdit Talk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/bbedit. -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or need technical support, please email "[email protected]" rather than posting to the group. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <https://www.twitter.com/bbedit> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BBEdit Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/bbedit.
