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convertUTFWhitespace

String sutil.convertUTFWhitespace (String input ) (enterprise edition only)

Description

Replaces the UTF variants on whitespace with a regular space character.

Parameters

  • input The input string.

Return Values

Returns the converted string.

Change Log

Version Description
6.0.55a Available in all editions.

Examples

Tidying a string from a site that has non-uniform ways of returning strings.

    // useful when tidying a string
    String cleanedInput = sutil.convertUTFWhitespace(input);
    cleanedInput = cleanedInput.replaceAll("\\s{2,}", " ").trim();

samt on 02/26/2016 at 12:48 pm