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Created October 2, 2012 13:05
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Is there a better way to replace multiple dashes with one dash?
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gistfile1.cs
string stringToClean = "a-string----with--too-many-------dashes";
while (stringToClean.Contains("--"))
{
stringToClean = stringToClean.Replace("--", "-");
}
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Silly me... A simple regex does the trick...

string cleanedString = Regex.Replace(stringToClean, "--+");

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