Removing Multiple Spaces from Data in all columns
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One of the great features of DSS is that you can trim the leading and trailing spaces from all of the data in all of your columns with one visual recipe Step. Very Cool.
I was then trying to figure out how to clean up all the white space. Any ideas?
Operating system used: Ubuntu 18.04 - WSL2 - Windows 11
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tgb417 Dataiku DSS Core Designer, Dataiku DSS & SQL, Dataiku DSS ML Practitioner, Dataiku DSS Core Concepts, Neuron 2020, Neuron, Registered, Dataiku Frontrunner Awards 2021 Finalist, Neuron 2021, Neuron 2022, Frontrunner 2022 Finalist, Frontrunner 2022 Winner, Dataiku Frontrunner Awards 2021 Participant, Frontrunner 2022 Participant, Neuron 2023 Posts: 1,598 Neuron
I think I have a way. Anyone got a better way?
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tgb417 Dataiku DSS Core Designer, Dataiku DSS & SQL, Dataiku DSS ML Practitioner, Dataiku DSS Core Concepts, Neuron 2020, Neuron, Registered, Dataiku Frontrunner Awards 2021 Finalist, Neuron 2021, Neuron 2022, Frontrunner 2022 Finalist, Frontrunner 2022 Winner, Dataiku Frontrunner Awards 2021 Participant, Frontrunner 2022 Participant, Neuron 2023 Posts: 1,598 Neuron
The regular expression should actually be
(\s\s+)
not what is shown in the image above.
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How can I remove trailing and leading but not middle whitespace?
i.e. turning ' ABC 123 ' into 'ABC 123'i.e.
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Turribeach Dataiku DSS Core Designer, Neuron, Dataiku DSS Adv Designer, Registered, Neuron 2023 Posts: 1,876 Neuron
Please start a new thread. This thread is already marked as Answered and a Solution has been chosen.