Notice that \s includes line feeds/carriage returns/form feeds, so perhaps it is not what you want.
For just spaces and tabs you may try [^ \t]+ (user manual, p. 187). Nestor =============================================== > On 12 Feb 2019, at 10:42, Sam Hathaway <list.bbe...@munkynet.org> wrote: > > This would seem to remove any m character that is followed by one or more > spaces, so I don’t think it quite does what you asked for. Not sure why it > would be faster either. > -sam > > On 12 Feb 2019, at 7:38, @lbutlr wrote: > > I asked someone how to remove all spaces in an string more efficiently and he > responded with > > search: (m?)\s+ > replace: (nul) > > which sure does work. > > But WHY? > > That is, I know what this does, but I don't understand the syntax > > > -- > Major Strasser has been shot. Round up the usual suspects. > > -- > This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a > feature request or need technical support, please email > "supp...@barebones.com" rather than posting to the group. > Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <https://www.twitter.com/bbedit> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BBEdit Talk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to bbedit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to bbedit@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/bbedit. > > > -- > This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a > feature request or need technical support, please email > "supp...@barebones.com" rather than posting to the group. > Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <https://www.twitter.com/bbedit> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BBEdit Talk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to bbedit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to bbedit@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/bbedit. -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or need technical support, please email "supp...@barebones.com" rather than posting to the group. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <https://www.twitter.com/bbedit> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BBEdit Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to bbedit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to bbedit@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/bbedit.
