Removing spaces from string

Question

I'm trying to remove all the spaces from a string derived from user input, but for some reason it isn't working for me. Here is my code.

public void onClick(View src) {
    switch (src.getId()) {
        case R.id.buttonGo:
            String input = EditTextinput.getText().toString();
            input = String.replace(" ", "");
            url = ur + input + l;
            Intent myIntent = new Intent(start.this, Main.class);
            myIntent.putExtra("URL", url);
            start.this.startActivity(myIntent);
            break;
        }
}

score 279 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 03 '11 at 19:32

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String  input = EditTextinput.getText().toString();
input = input.replace(" ", "");

Sometimes you would want to remove only the spaces at the beginning or end of the String (not the ones in the middle). If that's the case you can use trim:

input = input.trim();

answered Aug 03 '11 at 19:32

Cristian

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You'll use *replace("l","")* and *replace("h","")* – Farid Mar 29 '16 at 12:15
`.toString()` isn't necessary (anymore?) on `getText()` – user2342558 Jun 04 '21 at 19:26
I am try using trim() .I have the same error – Ganesan J Mar 25 '22 at 06:52

score 29 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 03 '14 at 09:54

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When I am reading numbers from contact book, then it doesn't worked I used

number=number.replaceAll("\\s+", "");

It worked and for url you may use

url=url.replaceAll(" ", "%20");

answered Feb 03 '14 at 09:54

Akhil Dad

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score 9 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 08 '17 at 07:02

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I also had this problem. To sort out the problem of spaces in the middle of the string this line of code always works:

String field = field.replaceAll("\\s+", "");

edited Apr 08 '17 at 07:02

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answered Sep 19 '14 at 07:23

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score 2 · Answer 4 · edited May 19 '15 at 07:41

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Try this:

String urle = HOST + url + value;

Then return the values from:

urle.replace(" ", "%20").trim();

edited May 19 '15 at 07:41

Stefan van den Akker

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answered May 19 '15 at 06:46

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score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 21 '19 at 09:31

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String res =" Application " res=res.trim();

o/p: Application

Note: White space ,blank space are trim or removed

answered Jan 21 '19 at 09:31

Sankar

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it's helpful for string space trimed. – Sankar Jan 21 '19 at 09:32

Removing spaces from string

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