----------------------------------- DtY Wed Nov 11, 2009 10:57 pm Remove duplicate spaces (in places) ----------------------------------- As part of a project, I wanted to remove all duplicate spaces (ie, -- would become -, --- would become -, where each dash is a space), and I didn't need it to be in a different buffer, so I did it in place. It works by overwriting the original buffer as it goes over the input. I haven't done any benchmarking, but it works pretty fast (near 2k file in no perceived time on my laptop). /* Removes duplicate spaces, in place */ void rmDblSpace(char *in, unsigned int length) { unsigned int inPlace, outPlace; /* Points to where the input and output are coming from/going to */ inPlace = 0; outPlace = 0; while (inPlace