Re: remove double letters

Kevin Rodgers <[email protected]> Wed, 2 Feb 2005 15:31:42 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.comp.jakarta.regexp.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Dominic writes:
> Is there a way to create a generic regexp to remove
> double letters?
> 
> Example
> 
> Gooooooogle becomes gogle
> 
> ([^o])*(o)+(.*)
> 
> $1$2$3
> 
> But this code just works for the letter 'c'.
> I'm looking for a regexp who remove all double
> letters.

Wouldn't it be replace "([:alpha:])\\1+" with "\\1"?

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Kevin Rodgers