Merge Multiple spaces to single space; remove trailing/leading spaces

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This seems to meet your needs.

string <- "  Hi buddy   what's up   Bro "
library(stringr)
str_replace(gsub("\\s+", " ", str_trim(string)), "B", "b")
# [1] "Hi buddy what's up bro"

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