Replace a special character

Jose Emilio Osorio

Hi,
I´m using this [^\x00-\x7F]+ to find the “no ASCII” characters and then replace them with a space. But when it finds 2 or more “no ASCII” characters together, it only replaces one space for all the characters that are together.
Example:
FIND: “ASASÉÉSSS”
REPLACE: “ASAS SSS”

And I need like this: “ASAS SSS” (two spaces)

Any help ?.
Thanks.

Claudia Frank

@Jose-Emilio-Osorio

dosn’t it help to replace the + mulitplier with a question mark?
Like [^\x00-\x7F]?

Cheers
Claudia

Scott Sumner

How about just forget the + and the ? altogether?

Claudia Frank

@Scott-Sumner

:-D - good one, if this is the complete regex used by OP :-D

Cheers
Claudia

Scott Sumner

@Claudia-Frank

Well, we RARELY get the full story here…with the FIRST posting.

:-)

(Looks like we got the full story THIS time–predicting the future!!!)

Jose Emilio Osorio

Thanks. It works without the + and ?.