shorten it up

I have a document but there are many carriage returns in each paragraph
I'd like to delete some of them for the paragraph to be shorter

For example if there are N carriage returns then I'd like to delete N-1 starting from the second \n

Any help is appriciated.

Use .Replace() to change all 3 <ret>'s into 2 for ALL occurences

Then you will have all single space, except when there were more than 3

Then, do the same thing to replace a 2 <ret>'s into 1 for single spaced

I used a regular expression to find all occurences of 3 or more consecutive returns and replace it with only two returns.

Code:

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            //I'm pulling the start text out of a textbox.
            string startText = textBox1.Text;

            //This regular expression matches 3 or more line returns.
            Regex MultipleLineReturns = new Regex(@"(\r\n){3,}");

            //Replace all occurrences of 3 or more line returns with 2 line returns.
            //And wing it back in the text box.
            textBox1.Text = MultipleLineReturns.Replace(startText, "\r\n\r\n");

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That will turn this:

Code:

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One return
Two Returns

Three Returns


Four Returns



End

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Into this:

Code:

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One return
Two Returns

Three Returns

Four Returns

End

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Hope that helps.