How to remove hyphens and white space in between of the string?

Question

Using Tess4J jars I got a set of string containing white spaces and hyphens.

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  BOOKINGS0, SelfiMGiKIOSK708O4il27197097102,
  LOGSM’KIOSK’O8O47127197107682Monday, May 29 2017 Check-in Successful.
  You have successfully checked in to Desk 5555in 

 - Self-MG-KIOSK—0804-12—19-09—102

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 - Loc-SM-KlOSK—0804-12-19-10-682

I am not able to verify the string as it gets hyphens and whites spaces in Loc-SM-KlOSK—0804-12-19-10-682 & Self-MG-KIOSK—0804-12—19-09—102.

What is your expected output? Do you just want to replace the hyphens with a minus sign? — Prexx, May 29 '17 at 12:57

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered May 29 '17 at 12:43

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Use this

yourString.replaceAll("[- ]+", "")

answered May 29 '17 at 12:43

Sandeep dhiman

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I am getting this in return doesn't remove all hyphens CheckinSuccessfulYouhavesuccessfullycheckedintoDesk5555inSelfMGKIOSK—0804121909102on0atLocSMKlOSK—O804—12—1910682 – Manish May 30 '17 at 04:23
Looks like he needs to remove the emdashes and endashes also. – nguyenq May 30 '17 at 13:20

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 29 '17 at 12:54

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String sample = "xyz-abc+";
String result = yourString.replaceAll("[-+.^:,]","");

In sample, if you want to remove - or + sign then use this `replaceAll().

Happy Coding :)`

answered May 29 '17 at 12:54

coder_baba

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used this too getting in return as "LocSMKlOSK—080412—1910682" – Manish May 30 '17 at 04:20

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered May 29 '17 at 16:08

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Removing WHITESPACE and HYPHENS

1. Get your String

String input= "Loc-SM-KlOSK—0804-12-19-10-682";

2. Replace all SPACES and HYPHENS

// REMOVE HYPHENS
String output = input.replaceAll("-","");

// REMOVE WHITESPACES
output = output.replaceAll(" ","");

3. You got it

The result will be stored in output, Just print it to test it

Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), output, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

answered May 29 '17 at 16:08

Sangeeth Nandakumar

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used this but didn't worked...it gave me in return as "LocSMKlOSK—080412—1910682" – Manish May 30 '17 at 04:17

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered May 30 '17 at 05:03

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On the 2nd step of previous answer, Try substituting this

// REMOVE HYPHENS
String output = input.replaceAll("-","");

// REMOVE WHITESPACES
output = output.replaceAll(" ","");

// REMOVE ANOTHER STUFFS
output = output.replaceAll("—","");

// PRINT RESULTS
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), output, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

answered May 30 '17 at 05:03