combine two regexprep into one

Hi, I was wondering if I can reduce the two lines of code into one? Thank you

 selected = regexprep(selected, ' ',' ');
 selected = regexprep(selected, '<.*?>','');

Answer 1

[Daniel Shub]

I have no idea what you are trying to do. My regex foo is weak, but I am pretty sure for your example you can just replace both lines with

selected = selected;

For a more general one line solution you could do

 selected = regexprep(regexprep(selected, ' ',' '), '<.*?>','');

Are you trying to find a single regex expression that does the (non) replacement?

[Vincent I]

duh... yeah that works thank you

[Daniel Shub]

It may work, but I wouldn't do it. The way you have it is so much more readable and maintainable.

Answer 2

[Sean de Wolski]

Why bother?

That works and is likely easier to understand!

[Vincent I]

I'm trying to reduce the amount of code....