Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Visual Studio Remove Blank spaces

  1. In window, press Ctrl+H (quick replace)
  2. Click "Use regular expressions"
  3. In Find, specify: ^\$\n
  4. leave Replace as blank
  5. Click "Replace All"  All blank lines will be deleted.
Understanding the Regular Expression: ^\s*$\n

This regular expression is used to identify and remove blank lines from text.

  • ^: Matches the beginning of a line. Since we're using the `re.MULTILINE` flag in Python, each line in the text is treated as a separate unit.
  • \s*: Matches zero or more whitespace characters (spaces, tabs, newlines).
  • $: Matches the end of a line.
  • \n: Matches a newline character.

In essence, this regular expression matches a line that:

  1. Starts with the beginning of the line.
  2. Contains zero or more whitespace characters.
  3. Ends with the end of the line.
  4. Is followed by a newline character.

Therefore, it effectively targets and matches blank lines that might contain spaces or tabs.

Thanks to Gemini for the explaination.


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