How can the isspace function be used to remove excess white space?

[magnifik]

I am trying to remove excess white space using the isspace function. For example, I am reading text from a txt file that says:

I am super sleepy.

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but I want it to say:

I am super sleepy.

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I was thinking I could use the isspace(c), where c is each character being read and try to make a statement that somehow erases all but one space. Any suggestions??

 

[Mark44]

Added [ code] tags make your spaces show up.

I am trying to remove excess white space using the isspace function. For example, I am reading text from a txt file that says:

I am                super sleepy.

------------------------------
but I want it to say:

I am super sleepy.

------------------------------

I was thinking I could use the isspace(c), where c is each character being read and try to make a statement that somehow erases all but one space. Any suggestions??

What I would do is read the original sentence into one character array, and then copy characters to another character array. In the copy operation, when I encountered the first space after a word, I would copy that space, but would ignore any subsequent spaces and not copy them. When I hit the first non-space character I would copy it and the subsequent characters up to the first space after the word, and so on, as before.

 

[magnifik]

Hmm.. I tried using this segment of code in my program

			while (isspace(c))
			{
				if(!inf.get(c))
					return false;
			}

it does delete extra white space, but in the process it also deletes the first character of every word preceded by a white space...

For example, if the input text file read:

Why is this program so difficult?

The output text file prints:

Why s his rogram o ifficult?

I don't know what to do to modify my code to fix this problem...any help would be appreciated!

 

[Mark44]

You are not using get() correctly. Here is a link to some documentation for this function: http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/iostream/istream/get/

 

[DeeNos]

The isspace function is a useful tool for removing excess white space in a string of text. This function checks each character in a string and returns a boolean value indicating whether or not the character is a white space. By using this function in conjunction with other string manipulation methods, you can easily remove any extra spaces in your text.

In your specific example, you could use a loop to go through each character in the string and check if it is a white space using the isspace function. If it is, you can replace it with a single space. This can be achieved using the replace method in most programming languages.

Another approach could be to use the split method to split the string into an array of words, and then join the array back together with a single space as the delimiter. This will automatically remove any extra spaces between words.

Overall, the isspace function is a helpful tool for removing excess white space in a string of text. With some additional string manipulation methods, you can easily achieve the desired result of removing extra spaces in your text.