Regex to Exclude Double spaces

Question

Hi,

I am looking for a regular expression for c# asp.net 3.5 that will fail if there are ever any double spaces in a sentence or group of words.

the cat chased the dog = true
the  cat  chased  the dog = false (doubles spaces occur at random intervals)

thanks

Answer 1

your regexp is just this : " +" (that's 2 spaces with a + after them)

it will match 2 or more spaces in a row.

Answer 2

Try

^((?!\s{2}).)*$

In this expression (?!\s{2}). matches every character except whitespace ones, followed by another whitespace.

Answer 3

^.* .*$ or even    (just two spaces) would do the trick. Replace spaces with \s if you wish to accomodate any two whitespace charachers in succession (tabs, new lines etc)

Answer 4

Do you even need to use regexs? Why not try:

string test = "the  cat  chased  the dog";
bool containsDoubleSpaces = test.Contains("  ");