str_squeeze

Strips off leading and ending spaces and TABs, and replaces multiple spaces and/or TABs with a single space.

Available in version 5.1.1 and later.

Prototype

	function str_squeeze (
		string_val  : string   
	)

	return_val [dimsizes(string_val)] :  string

Arguments

A string array of any dimensionality.

Description

This function returns an array of strings with leading and ending spaces, TABs removed. Multiple spaces and/or TABs, or a combination thereof, are substituted with a single space.

See Also

str_left_strip, str_right_strip, str_strip

Examples

Example

 str = "         abc       def               "
 new_string = str_squeeze(str)
 print("<" + new_string + ">")

(0)     <abc def>