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perfect answer. &nbsp;thanks ozo!!
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I have a string which can have 2 to many &quot;::&quot; in it. &nbsp;I want to reduce the number of :: in a row to only be 2 ::.<br />
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Please let me know if you have any ideas.<br />
Thanks,<br />
spiergal
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I have a string which can have 2 to many "::" in it.  I want to reduce the number of :: in a row to only be 2 ::.

Please let me know if you have any ideas.
Thanks,
spiergal

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