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RemoveConsecutives ( text ; pattern )

Remove consecutive patterns from a text

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/* CouchCoder: 2014-05-30 Removes consecutive patterns from text. Examples: 1. RemoveConsecutives ( "tessst" ; "s" ) returns "test". 2. RemoveConsecutives ( "test test" ; " " ) returns "test test". (Removes double spaces) 3. RemoveConsecutives ( "my testtest text" ; "test" ) returns "my test text". */ If ( PatternCount ( text ; pattern & pattern ) = 0 ; text ; RemoveConsecutives ( Substitute ( text ; pattern & pattern ; pattern ) ; pattern ) ) Click to copy

Removes consecutive patterns from a text.

Nothing special but something I missed on the list. Just to give something back to this great resource.

 

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		Bob Jun 1, 2014
So how does that work with words like Session Mission Mississippi ??

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