How to delete a space in a copy of text please?

[Melinda]

 

Hello, I copy text to then insert it into software but the problem is that I often have a space before (not always) which suddenly makes me crash my macro. How please to "format" the copied text and remove the spaces. Thanks in advance, have a nice day.

[Cory]

Variable Modify > Trim. See the help for instruction and options for Variable Modify. 

[acantor]

After you copy the text to the clipboard, you will need to do three things:

1. Transfer the contents of the clipboard into a variable.

2. Do as Cory suggests: "trim" the variable. Trim means to delete spaces from the start and end.

3. Transfer the contents of the variable back to the clipboard.

For example, if this is in your clipboard at the start:

"   Hello World   "

 

The clipboard will be there after you've completed the three steps:

 

"Hello World"

 

The Macro Express code looks something like this:

 

// 1. Transfer clipboard to string variable %Clip%
Variable Set String %Clip% from the clipboard contents
 
// 2. Trim %Clip%
Variable Modify String %Clip%: Trim
 
// 3. Transfer %Clip% to the clipboard
Clipboard Start Copy
  Text Type (Simulate Keystrokes): %Clip%
Clipboard End Copy