Thread: search and remove two spaces
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Old 04-24-2015, 03:22 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by jlocicero View Post
I want to remove instances of two spaces in a book I am editing. If I just seach for " " (two spaces) I get a lot of hits in parts of the book that are not book content - like css code.

What search term can I use to find two spaces in only text of the book?
NOT TESTED

REGEX
Code:
([(\w)\s{2,}(\w)
find 2 or more space between words

Code:
\1\2
total removal you might want 1 after the \1

most render engines collapse multiple consecutive spaces anyway, so except for file size growth... why bother
EXCEPTION: inside a <Pre tag
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