> -----Original Message-----
> From: Finn Bock [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> , the text contains:
>
> 0x0a 0x20 0x20 0x20 0x20 0x20 0x20 0x20 0x20 0x54 0x68 0x69 0x73 ...
>
> the spaces surrounding the LF should be ignores:
>
> 0x0a 0x54 0x68 0x69 0x73 ...
>
> and the linefeed turned into a space:
>
> 0x20 0x54 0x68 0x69 0x73 ...
>
> and last, two or more consecutive spaces removed:
>
> 0x20 0x54 0x68 0x69 0x73 ...
>
> which is exactly what HEAD does!
>
> But surely that can't be right. I must be missing or misreading something.
>
Depends on what is being meant by 'removal' in the last step above, and
'ignoring' in the first...?
Juggling a bit, I think the only way to achieve the desired result is to
'replace' spaces surrounded by a LF by one space, then perform the steps :
- two, or more consecutive spaces 'ignored':
0x0a 0x20 0x54 ...
- turn the linefeed into a space
0x20 0x20 0x54 ...
- consecutive spaces 'removed'
0x54 ...
In this case, there will never remain a single space as the result of the
second step.
Hope this gets you on track!
Cheers,
Andreas
