how to trim half-width and full-width space

RE: how to trim half-width and full-width space

peanut — Fri, 02 Dec 2022 08:51:27 GMT

I got it now, Thanks :). Since Appian uses Java regex flavor, all i need is to add the embedded (?U) flag option to the pattern.

So my regex code looks like this: regexreplaceall("(?U)^\s+|\s+$", ri!targetValue, "") .

works like magic haha

Stefan Helzle — Fri, 02 Dec 2022 08:43:19 GMT

peanut — Fri, 02 Dec 2022 08:42:16 GMT

Yes, Im still looking for regex code equivalent for fullwidth spaces.

But do you have any suggestion or like other process to remove spaces including half and full width, Sir?

Full Width spaces/characters are used in Japanese text.

Stefan Helzle — Fri, 02 Dec 2022 08:35:20 GMT

I am really interested in your use case. Where do these fullwidth spaces come from?

You will need to modify the regex to your requirements.

peanut — Fri, 02 Dec 2022 07:55:49 GMT

Hi Stefan,

I tried to used this function in appian and with this regex code value, that replaced leading and trailing spaces to "".

regexreplaceall("^\s+|\s+$", ri!targetValue, "")

However when the value consist of fullwidth space like this "　　" -> unicode equilavent to 12288

Normal half width space is unicode 32.

It only removes half width space., even using trim function in appian only removes half width space.

So Im having problem on how to removed also the full width spaces.

Stefan Helzle — Fri, 02 Dec 2022 07:10:55 GMT

From a typography perspective I fully understand what you try to do, but what is the use case?