Donna Garverick writes:

> i've got a little puzzler....  i've got a ci string variable
> that contains, depending on it's input value, 'n' words
> (where 'n' is >= 2 and < some reasonable number) separated
> by 'x' spaces (where 'x' is >= 1 and < some finite yet
> practical number).  i'd like to reduce it to a string that
> would still contain 'n' words but where each word is
> separated by one space.  'repl' isn't exactly working....
> i'd rather not take the 'word' route since i'm unsure how
> many words are in the entire string.

Sure, I'll throw in yet another solution.
And just because 'repl' "isn't exactly working", let's make
that the foundation. :)

        parm string_to_fix
        #
        setvar stf_final  anyparm(!string_to_fix)
        setvar stf_work   stf_final
        #
        while setvar(stf_work, repl(stf_final,"  "," ")) <> stf_final
           setvar stf_final  stf_work
        endwhile
        #
        echo And the result is:
        showvar stf_final

--Glenn (not remembering if there's a "nice" way to display a string
         with special chars without altering the string, hence showvar)