Match all spaces between blocks of characters

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I need a regular expression that matchs all whitespaces between block of characters. Block example:

500 dfdsfsd     fdsfdsfdsf  9876dfsdfs  df7687

I only know about /\s+/ , but it matches only the first whitespace block.. I want to get whitespace, ignore block of characters, get whitespace ... so on

If you can *match and capture* instead of *splitting*, use `/^(\d+)\s+(\S+)\s+(\S+)\s+(\S+)\s+(\S+)\s+(\S+)\s+(\S+)\s+(\S+)\s+(\S+)$/` for 9 (visible) columns — Wiktor Stribiżew, Feb 21 '19 at 20:39
For those who get here, you need to set the column number to split, there is no place to set global variables. — Eduardo Humberto, Feb 21 '19 at 23:26

score -1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 21 '19 at 20:19

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If you apply the Regex Flag global to your regex expression, you will get all whitespace blocks.

Regex Expression: \s+/g

Demo

answered Feb 21 '19 at 20:19

Okeano

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On Dataprep you have to add the tag `global: true` to your transformation and use `\s+` as your regex expression. [Global-Parameter](https://cloud.google.com/dataprep/docs/html/global-Parameter_57345016?hl=en) – Okeano Feb 21 '19 at 20:54

Match all spaces between blocks of characters

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