Exercise 1-9. Write a program to copy its input to its output, replacing each string

zombi3 · 12-20-2003, 11:55 PM

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Exercise 1-9. Write a program to copy its input to its output, replacing each string of one or more blanks by a single blank.

If its possible can you guys give me tips on how to solve this questions.
Or if u can please show some sample code and try to example.

Luantum · 12-21-2003, 02:24 AM

So if the input is:
gsdgsdfg

dfsfsfgds

gdsfgsdafgdfg

the output is:
gsdgsdfg

dfsfsfgds

gdsfgsdafgdfg

Is that correct?

It seems like an easy thing to do. Grab stdin and use a for loop on it and put it into stdout.

Technoslave · 12-21-2003, 02:58 AM

See, i understood it as something like this:

Input:

Joe...is a schmoe that......everyone..knows. ( there really are spaces in here . <- is 1 space )

Output:

Joes is a schmoe that everyone knows.

In which case, using sed will fix up that problem easy.

zombi3 · 12-21-2003, 03:28 AM

Thnx alot never knew this forum has such smart programming gurus